The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 13, 2026

A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph depicts two extremely thin boys with dark skin tones. In the foreground, a boy stands with his back toward us, hands clasped on his head, his spine and ribs protruding. To our left, another child faces right, head bowed and abdomen distended. In the soft-focus background, three more figures sit on the ground.

Famine, Half Dead Children, Europeans Trying to Help: A French military mission has arrived to bring strategic aid. Entire villages have been decimated. That is how Karamoja province in the north of Uganda looks today. Boy holding gun, Uganda

1980

Arnaud de Wildenberg

(French)
France
resin coated print
Image: 24 x 16.1 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.573
Location: Not on view
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