Taliban
Artist
Luc Delahaye
(French, b. 1962)
CultureFrench
Date2001
MediumChromogenic print
Dimensions43 x 93 in. (109.2 x 236.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 45 1/2 × 95 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (115.6 × 242.9 × 5.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 45 1/2 × 95 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (115.6 × 242.9 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Chrysler Contemporaries
Object number2003.5
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a chromogenic print of a man lying dead in the dirt. He wears a green uniform and a was a soldier for the Taliban. Label TextLuc Delahaye French, b. 1962 Taliban, 2001 Chromogenic print (photograph) Gift of the Chrysler Contemporaries 2003.5 Exhibition History"Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain," Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA., January 14 - April 30, 2006. "At the Front," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., August 14, 2009 - January 17, 2010. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014. "DISPATCH: War Photographs in Print," Ryerson Image Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, September 17 – December 7, 2014.Published ReferencesEdited by Mark Reinhardt, Holly Edwards, and Erina Duganne, _Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain_ (Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2007), 18, 58, 61-65, plate 4 & i. Thierry Gervais, ed., _Dispatch: War Photographs in Print, 1854-2008_ (Toronto: Ryerson Image Centre editions, 2014) 86-87.
