Steve Sullivan on Stretcher
Artist
Attributed to Bruce Krause
Date1970
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 6 5/8 in. (25.4 × 16.8 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Paige Pinnell, 2011
Object number2011.14.11
DescriptionA victim of the Guard assault raises a clenched fist in a defiant act.eMuseum Notes
No Title (Bayoneted Striker) shows a victim of the Guard assault raising a clenched fist in a defiant act. From a series of gelatin silver photographs by unidentified photography students documenting the May, 1970, strike at the University of New Mexico. The strike occurred after four antiwar students at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen while protesting the invasion of Cambodia by the United States military during the Viet Nam War. The photographs culminate with the bayonetting of thirteen individuals, however, none were killed.
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