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Crew chief Farley opens fire with his M-60 machine gun at Vietcong positions

Photograph
1965 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Life Magazine (photographers)
Burrows, Larry (photographer)
Place of origin
Vietnam (photographed)

A mounted black and white photograph of a soldier wearing a helmet leaning out the side of a helicopter operating an M-60 machine gun.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
War
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Crew chief Farley opens fire with his M-60 machine gun at Vietcong positions (Assigned by artist)
  • One Ride with Yankee Papa 13 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Bromide print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Bromide Process
Brief description
Photograph by Larry Burrows, 'Crew chief Farley opens fire with his M-60 machine gun at Vietcong positions', bromide print, 1965
Physical description
A mounted black and white photograph of a soldier wearing a helmet leaning out the side of a helicopter operating an M-60 machine gun.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 20.7cm
  • Mount width: 29.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Titled (pencil, verso, mount)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Object history
Acquired 1971
Subjects depicted
Helicopters
Guns
Place depicted
Vietnam
Other numbers
  • 17067 - RPS Identifier - inventory no.
  • 20531 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • B.31 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1369-2023

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Record createdJune 7, 2023
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1756277/crew-chief-farley-opens-fire-photograph-burrows-larry/
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