About This Item

  • Call NumberVETS_0098
  • TitleSerious.
  • SummaryTwo men facing eachother, one with back to camera. Photograph created for project: The veteran's lens, 2011: veterans' portraits of each other. Exhibition label: Serious. Jim Burns, has been a serious man for much of his life. His photo portrays him as such. He is an empathetic human being and a good interpreter. He is pictured listening to a fellow veteran. He gives him is full attention and he pays close attention to details. It is this trait that benefited him when he faced danger in Vietnam.
  • Date2011
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, black & white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorBurns, Jim
  • SubjectVeterans--United States ; Portraits
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program