Susan Meiselas

American (Baltimore, Maryland, 1948)

Youths practice throwing contact bombs in forest surrounding Monimbo, from the series Nicaragua

1978
photograph | chromogenic print
Not currently on view in the museum
Youths practice throwing contact bombs in forest surrounding Monimbo...
20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)
Acquired 2006
Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Photo Wings through Suzie Katz
© Susan Meiselas/Magnum
2006.70
Keywords

men, groups, disguises, masks, young men, arms, faces, Central America, war, revolution, unrest, training, rebels


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