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Douchende militairen in het Tiger-Lane-Camp in Ipoh by Willem van de Poll

1940–1959

Douchende militairen in het Tiger-Lane-Camp in Ipoh

Willem van de Poll

MNI Take

Here the male nude is neither private nor eroticized—it is communal, functional and fully embedded in place. The visual order of the bodies makes the documentary scene unexpectedly formal.

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Catalog titleDouchende militairen in het Tiger-Lane-Camp in Ipoh

Date1946

Model / subjectAdult servicemen

LocationIpoh, Malaya (present-day Malaysia)

AttributionNo

Era1940–1959

ThemesMilitary, Shower, Documentary, Southeast Asia

Rights / licenseCC0 1.0 / public-domain dedication by Nationaal Archief route

Publication statusReady to Publish — Free

Publication noteGREEN — Publishable now. CC0 1.0 / public-domain dedication by Nationaal Archief route Caution: Context is colonial/postwar military history; caption carefully and specifically.

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