by Artist (5)
Unknown Photographer
German prisoners walk to a guard house near Zon. Pvt. Eric Holfnacker (left) of New York keeps the captives moving, Stad van de Zon, Netherlands., September 1944
Vintage wire photograph with applied pigment on paper
Creation Place:
Europe
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.297
Commentary
German prisoners tramp back from the front lines to a guard house near Zon. Pvt. Eric Holfnacker (left) of New York keeps the captives stepping –not goose-stepping – to their prison, Stad van de Zon, Netherlands, September 1944.
Materials
Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
European Theater,
Forced Marches,
Germany,
Netherlands,
New York,
Prisoners of War,
Pvt. Eric Holfnacker,
Soldiers,
United States Army,
World War II
- European Theater
- Forced Marches
- Germany
- Netherlands
- New York
- Prisoners of War
- Pvt. Eric Holfnacker
- Soldiers
- United States Army
- World War II
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