Bombs exploding among aircraft on Eniwetok Atoll airstrip

© W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos

Bombs exploding among aircraft on Eniwetok Atoll airstrip

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Bombs exploding among aircraft on Eniwetok Atoll airstrip,

1944

W. Eugene Smith, 1918–1978; born Wichita, KS; died Tucson, AZ; active New York, NY and Tucson
for LIFE magazine
2018-40

Information

Title
Bombs exploding among aircraft on Eniwetok Atoll airstrip
Dates

1944

Maker
W. Eugene Smith
for LIFE magazine
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
33.7 × 26.4 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2018-40
Place Depicted

Marshall Islands, Eniwetok Atoll

Inscription
Handwritten in wax pencil on verso: Airfield on Eniwetok Atoll knocked out | by [illegible] on Feb. 2nd. | Used in Life May 8, 1944 | Overseas Edition - p. 9 | Credit W. Eugene Smith \ West Street | N.Y.C. En-2-3259 | #15345
Marks/Labels/Seals
Time Inc. Picture Collection barcode adhered to verso, upper right Stamp in red ink on verso, lower left: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
battles, bombs, air bases, photojournalism, airplanes

[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2018.

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