Unknown Photographer
These Russian guerrillas charge through the burning village of Orlov and pick up weapons from fallen Germans and Hungarians, February 1943
Vintage wire photograph on paper
Creation Place:
Asia
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.884
Commentary
Picking up weapons from fallen Germans and Hungarians. These Russian guerrillas charge through the burning village of Orlov. They killed 100 of the enemy, thereby liberating the little village behind the German lines. Photo from the March of Time’s “One Day of War”, USSR, February 1943.
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)
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Corpses,
Death,
European Theater,
Fires,
Germany,
Hungary,
Killed in action,
One Day of War - Russia 1943,
Orlov,
Resistance,
Rifles,
Russian,
Soviet Union,
Street Scenes,
World War II
- Corpses
- Death
- European Theater
- Fires
- Germany
- Hungary
- Killed in action
- One Day of War - Russia 1943
- Orlov
- Resistance
- Rifles
- Russian
- Soviet Union
- Street Scenes
- World War II
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