Reference :
V-P-NI-E-00126
Date :
07/02/2014
Caption :
Ocotal. Portrait of a former combatant who was injured in the explosion of an RPG-7 anti-tank mine in 1980 while he was fighting near the Honduras border. He is making clothes for his neighbors.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
The accident occurred around the Nicaraguan-Honduras border area, a zone where the conflict was particularly devastating and where there is now the greatest number of mines in the country.
He got heavily injured and was partially burnt in the mine explosion. He currently lives with his family and works in his house as a tailor and shoemaker.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
6000x4000
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
