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Paintings from Afghanistan by Steve Mumford
Inspired by Winslow Homer’s Civil War studies, which appeared in Harper’s Weekly during that conflict, Steve Mumford embedded with the 3/6 U.S. Marines in Marjah, Helmand Province, in 2010 and with the 2/3 Marines in Nawa, Helmand Province, in 2011. Above, Marines wait while an explosives and ordnance team defuses a bomb buried one hundred yards away.
Steve Mumford is an artist based in New York City. His work from Afghanistan was on view this summer at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, in Rockport.
All artwork © Steve Mumford
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