Illustrative model — an approximation, not a scan of the original object.
2011
“Armed Innocence II” — Nermine Hammam
Photographed in January 2011.
- Material
- Archival inkjet print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- Image 60.3 × 90.3 cm
- Findspot
- Photographed in Tahrir Square, Cairo
- Discovery
- Part of the Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography, shared by the V&A and the British Museum.
- Held by
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Inventory number
- E.1131-2012
A photograph of two Egyptian soldiers with calm expressions, placed by the Cairo artist Nermine Hammam against snowy mountains like a postcard. She made the "Upekkha" series from portraits taken in Tahrir Square in January 2011.
Certainty: Established
The museum notes that Hammam was struck by the soldiers’ vulnerability in the square, and placed them in vivid fantasy backgrounds.
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London “Nermine Hammam, Armed Innocence II, E.1131-2012” collections.vam.ac.uk