JIM RISWOLD
FRENCH BREAD ARTILLERY

The majority of the 35,000,000 military and civilian casualties inflicted
during World War One were the result of artillery fire.

Many soldiers said no one could capture the sound of a
massive artillery bombardment.

The German poet August Stramm, in his poem, Shells, tried:

Deafness deafens terror wounds
Banging tapping churning screeching…

Stramm was killed in hand-to-hand combat on September 1, 1915.
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2011 color digital print 20 x 54-1/2 inches
Edition of 5

$1750. UF