A Handley Page Halifax of No. 4 Group flies over the suburbs of Caen, France, during a major daylight raid to assist the Normandy land battle. 467 aircraft took part in the attack, which was originally intended to have bombed German strongpoints north of Caen, but the bombing area was eventually shifted nearer the city because of the proximity of Allied troops to the original targets. The resulting bombing devastated the northern suburbs, 1944/2012 from the series Smoke. 2012
Gelatin silver prints (photograms), 23 11/16 x 30” (60.2 x 76.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century. © Lisa Oppenheim
