Barefoot Soldier, Ethiopia

Image by Alfred Eisenstaedt. © 1945 The Picture Collection Inc. All rights reserved.

Barefoot Soldier, Ethiopia

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Barefoot Soldier, Ethiopia,

1935, printed 1951–54

Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1898–1995; born Tczew, Poland [Dirschau, West Prussia]; died Oak Bluffs, MA; active New York, NY
2008-1086

Information

Title
Barefoot Soldier, Ethiopia
Dates

1935, printed 1951–54

Maker
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
34.3 × 26.4 cm (13 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marthe Smith
Object Number
2008-1086
Place Made

Africa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
soldiers, wars, figures (representations), grass, men, feet

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