Carting the Dead, Kerch, Crimea
Dmitri Baltermants
Description
Subject Matter:
This photograph depicts three women pushing a wagon full of dead bodies through a barren, muddy landscape. The photograph stages a series of oppositions, formally and conceptually: on the right-hand side are dead, male soldiers, while on the left are living, female civilians. The image presents a rather ambivalent view both of warfare and patriotism. Here, the women’s patriotic duty entails dealing with, psychologically and physically, the tragic consequences of battle.
Physical Description:
Three women push a wagon carrying dead bodies through muddy and barren terrain.
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