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Out of the shitter into... This Hutu man spent the night hiding in the excrement of the U.N. latrine pit to escape the killings of the night of 21 April. Not long after being pulled out in a delirious state, he was dragged away and shot by Tutsu RPA
(1995)

Medium
cibachrome photograph

Measurements
33.2 × 49.7 cm (image) 40.6 × 50.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1996
© George Gittoes/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Rwanda

Inscription
typed on accompanying paper label: GEORGE GITTOES (underlined) / “OUT OF THE SHITTER INTO ...” This Hutu man spent the night hiding in the / excrement of the U.N. latrine pit to escape the killings of the night of 21 April. Not / long after being pulled out in a delirious state, he was dragged away and shot by Tutsu RPA.

Accession Number
1996.531

Department
Australian Photography

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Series of photographs produced in Rwanda at the Kibeho refugee camp.