Adriana Groisman: Falklands / Malvinas
(23 photos)

"Voices of the Tempest" is a project about the seventy-four day Falkland Islands/Malvinas war between Great Britain and Argentina (April 2-June 15, 1982). While its implied subject is war, people are entirely absent from the work. Instead, Groisman's images document the physical sites of conflict, drawing on the tradition of landscape photography to evoke the haunted aura of former battlefields. She states "I worked on photographs with the intention to portray the full scope of...
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  • Site of the sinking of the Argentine War Cruiser General Belgrano on May 2nd 1982. 323 Argentineans died, The Belgrano was hit by 2 torpedoes fired from the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror. The Belgrano was outside of the exclusion zone determined by the British. South West from the Falkland Islands. March 2003
  • Aerial view of the Falkland Islands, December 2007.
  • Mount Longdon, site of the bloodiest battle of the British / Argentine Falklands War. The battle took place June 11th and 12th 1982 with more than 50 Argentine casualties and 23 British. Six miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • A cross at Mount Longdon signals where a British soldier was killed, Falkland Islands, December 2007.
  • The "Bowl" on Mount Longdon, site of the bloodiest battle of the British / Argentine Falklands War. The battle took place June 11th and 12th 1982 with more than 50 Argentine casualties and 23 British. Most of the deaths occured in the bowl. Six miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • Bomb craters at Mount Tumbledown, site of a battle on June 13th and 14th 1982 with 32 Argentine casualties and nine British. Five miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • Remains of an Argentine army bag at Gipsy Cove, four miles from Stanley, Falkland Islands, December 2007
  • Argentine position at Mount Longdon, site of the bloodiest battle for the Falkland Islands, December 2007.
  • Site of the sinking of the Argentine War Cruiser General Belgrano on May 2nd 1982. 323 Argentineans died, The Belgrano was hit by 2 torpedoes fired from the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror. The Belgrano was outside of the exclusion zone determined by the British. South West from the Falkland Islands. March 2003
  • Mount Longdon, site of the bloodiest battle of the British / Argentine Falklands War. The battle took place June 11th and 12th 1982 with more than 50 Argentine casualties and 23 British. Six miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • Rusting container abandoned by Argentine forces. The containers stacked with food and cloths intended for their troops but later seized by the islanders. Ross Road, Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • British Memorial, Mount Longdon, site of the bloodiest battle of the British / Argentine Falklands War. Six miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • Argentine soldier's boot at Wireless Ridge, one of seven strategic hills within five miles of Stanley, Falkland Islands, November 2006
  • Remains of an Argentine Pucara plane at Goose Green, close to the beachhead at San Carlos, Falkland Islands, November 2006
  • Rusting container at Mount Tumbledown, site of a battle on June 13th and 14th 1982 with 32 Argentine casualties and nine British. Durning the war Argentina abandon the containers stacked with food and cloths ment for their troops but later seized by the islanders. Five miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • Wireless Ridge, site of one of the last battles of the British / Argentine Falklands War. The battle took place June 13th and 14th 1982 with more than 25 Argentine casualties and 3 British. five miles from Stanley, East Falkland. November 2006
  • Site of the sinking of the Argentine War Cruiser General Belgrano on May 2nd 1982. 323 Argentineans died, The Belgrano was hit by 2 torpedoes fired from the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror. The Belgrano was outside of the exclusion zone determined by the British. South West from the Falkland Islands. March 2003
  • Mount Longdon, site of the bloodiest battle of the British / Argentine Falklands War. The battle took place June 11th and 12th 1982 with more than 50 Argentine casualties and 23 British. Six miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • Bleeding rock at Mount Longdon, site of the bloodiest battle of the British / Argentine Falklands War. The battle took place June 11th and 12th 1982 with more than 50 Argentine casualties and 23 British. Six miles from Stanley, East Falkland..November 2006
  • Bomb crater at Wireless Ridge, one of seven strategic hills within five miles of Stanley, Falkland Islands, November 2006
  • Cemetery for Argentine soldiers, Falklands War, East Falkland. November 2006
  • Stanley, East Falkland, November 2006
  • Site of the sinking of the Argentine War Cruiser General Belgrano on May 2nd 1982. 323 Argentineans died, The Belgrano was hit by 2 torpedoes fired from the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror. The Belgrano was outside of the exclusion zone determined by the British. South West from the Falkland Islands. March 2003

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