Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Mohammed Agha and Mohammad Zia Mama, November, 2011

Artist Gloriann Liu (American, 1953 - 2025)

Date2011; print 2016

(not assigned)Afghanistan

MediumDigital C-print

DimensionsImage: 19 × 29 in. (48.3 × 73.7 cm)
Frame: 30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Gloriann Liu

Object number2018.20.5

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PHOTOGRAPHY

DescriptionMohammad Zia Mama (it translates to "mother's brother") was fighting the Soviets when he stepped on a mine. He lost both legs and his left arm. He sells music tapes and CD's and raises small songbirds. Mohammed Agha was collecting firewood when he stepped on a land mine. Although both legs were amputated above the knee, he says he does not have time to get a prothesis because he is too busy working as a shoemaker. These two friends said that no one in the world should have to experience what endure what they have had to endure.