Associated Press Wire Photograph – Red Cross Doctor Treating Severely Malnourished Cambodian Child, Thai Refugee Camp – 1979

Description

An original Associated Press wire photograph documenting the humanitarian crisis that followed the collapse of Cambodia in the late 1970s.

The image shows a Red Cross doctor checking the flow of nutrients through an intravenous drip administered to a severely malnourished Cambodian child. The accompanying Associated Press caption identifies the scene as taking place in a refugee camp hospital in Thailand, where international relief workers were treating refugees fleeing conflict, displacement and famine.

Photographed in 1979, the image captures one of the most significant humanitarian emergencies of the twentieth century. Following years of war and political upheaval, hundreds of thousands of Cambodian refugees crossed into neighbouring Thailand seeking safety, medical care and food assistance. International organisations, including the Red Cross, established emergency medical facilities to treat widespread malnutrition and disease.

The photograph is particularly powerful for its intimate focus on frontline humanitarian care rather than military activity. It provides a stark visual record of the challenges faced by relief workers and the suffering endured by refugee populations during this period.

As an original Associated Press wire-service photograph produced for newspaper publication, the image is both an important piece of journalistic history and a primary historical document relating to the Cambodian refugee crisis.

From the photographic archive of the Shields Gazette, retaining contemporary archive provenance and newsroom handling characteristics.

Condition

Very good condition. Minor edge wear and creasing consistent with archive storage and newspaper use. Shields Gazette archive stamp to the reverse.

Agency: Associated Press (AP)
Date: 1979
Size: 26.2 x 20.8 cm
Medium: Original wire photograph
Photographer: Not named
Provenance: Shields Gazette photographic archive
Subject: Cambodia, refugees, Red Cross, humanitarian aid, medical history, refugee camps, twentieth-century photojournalism

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