artillery shell 122 mm - Limited Edition 1 of 20 Print

The photo is the part of the project "Fragments of War". Life size scans of munition fragments found in the territory of the Donbas, with grooves and bends, whose sharp edges can easily kill or maim anyone on their way from the barrel to the place of impact and spalling. Each fragment has its own history, the circumstances in which I found it; origin, where it came from and how I came by it; place where it was found. After the spalling and impact begins another story. And now compiling a new history which describes what happened during the war, the participation of the people, soldiers, volunteers, citizens - everyone became a fragment that was knocked from his/her place in life and abandoned on the battlefield and up to pile into something new and powerful. Found in city Debaltseve in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. weight - 134 gram Artillery shell, probably 122 millimeters Caliber - 122 millimeters Destruction area - 800 square meters Maximum shooting range from howitzer 2A18 (D-30) - 15,2 kilometers Number of fragments 1-4 gram - 1000-1500 pieces Number of fragments weighing 4 and more gram - 400-850 pieces Transport, or anything on wheels, is seldom seen travelling from Piski village of the Donetsk oblast outside the front line. The last one was the one that brought me and it left the next day, which was a week ago. It was an armored SUV of the commander Chornyi (Black), who was the one behind the wheel. The car was heavy and we skidded off the road several times. It was already time for me to go back home to “the mainland”. My mother called me several times: - Where are you? - was her usual question... - In the ATO area, - was my also usual reply so as not to unmask location. - Taking pictures? - Taking... - not very informative as to what exactly I was doing. Departure day. Backpacks have been packed in an ancient bright yellow Zhiguli with a huge flag attached to the rack. Surprisingly for this area the car had all its windows intact. It means the trip will be comfortable. Three people were leaving, including me... We went to say goodbye to the soldiers, but before we even moved away from the car there two explosions erupted nearby. A brick wall ten meters away from us was hit and flew apart brick by brick. We fell into the snow and crawled under the car. Second volley - two explosions ... We jumped to our feet and ran into the basement. As soon as we jumped down the stairs, a blast behind us threw another soldier in sending him into the ceiling. Everyone is alive. The kitchen no longer exists. The shelling ended as abruptly as it began. We quickly jumped into the car and headed towards to leave... I do not know why, but that day no one hurt, hit the mark very close. Chance... For more visit www.kupriyan.com

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:12 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:17.25 W x 13.25 H x 1.2 D in

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