Keesler Field Photograph - Limited Edition of 30

My father served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II, and was stationed for a time at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. While he was there an exhibit was held that featured art work by the base’s airmen, and my father bought a printed catalog of the show that I loved when I was young. My parents had a number of art books on their book shelves when I was growing up, which I grew to appreciate when I got older, but as an 8 year-old boy only the images in that Keesler Field catalog captured my imagination, especially a dramatic series of paintings that showed planes in aerial combat over Europe. I vividly remember B-24 bombers cutting strong diagonal lines across the pages of the book as they shot down enemy fighters, eluded bursts of anti-aircraft flak, and dropped their bombs. The images seemed to perfectly convey the glory, excitement and heroism that I associated with war, as a child. I had those paintings in mind when I composed this image, borrowing their sense of visual and narrative drama, but since I’m no longer a child unaware of the reality and horrors of war, I tried to tell a more complex story. That’s a tricky task, though. The filmmaker Francois Truffaut once said, “there’s no such thing as an anti-war film”, because any film that depicts the spectacle of combat inevitably creates a fascination with it. Limited edition of 30 - signed and numbered on the print below the image and on an enclosed Certificate of Authenticity. Printed on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, an archival fine art paper. Image printed area: 11.5 X 17.25 inches. Total print size including white borders: 13 x 19 inches. It will be shipped rolled, securely inside a shipping tube.

Photography:Color on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:30

Size:11.5 W x 17.2 H x 0.1 D in

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