A soldier is wounded in back of head and the medic puts on an emergency bandage, Japan

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A soldier is wounded in back of head and the medic puts on an emergency bandage, Japan

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W. Eugene Smith

American Photographer · 1918–1978

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W. Eugene Smith's interest in photography grew out of a boyhood passion for airplanes. His mother, herself an amateur photographer, suggested he make his own photographs of planes rather than borrow money from her to buy photos by mail. Thus began a prolific career that spanned five decades; Smith is said to have made at least twenty thousand negatives in one three-year period alone. Reacting to S

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Date
April or May 1945
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
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Photographs
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Getty Museum
Object ID
99a5c99e-cbb1-44fe-bda1-b8ccea2e39c6

View of an army medic bandaging the head of a wounded soldier. The soldier lies face down on the ground beside his helmet, which has a bullet hole in the side, as the medic measures a bandage. Part of the bandage that is wrapped around the soldier's head is soaked with blood.

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