PDA

View Full Version : About the Image We Use...



SWJED
09-06-2006, 07:57 PM
From time to time we get asked about the image the SWJ and SWC uses in the upper left hand corner of all the main pages... The image is called Tracking Bin Laden and was painted by U.S. Army Center of Military History, Museum Division's staff artist Sergeant First Class Elzie Ray Golden (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/art/Golden/Golden.htm), US Army.

SFC Golden produced fourteen works of art as a member of the Soldier-Artist Team 25 in 1990 that documented ROTC training at Fort Lewis, Washington. He designed the May 1992 cover of Soldiers magazine featuring women in the Army during World War II, the 1991-1994 Army Aviation Association Commander's Conference posters, and the Armed Forces Day posters for 2001 and 2002. His works of art are featured in the Center of Military History books, Portrait of an Army and Soldiers Serving the Nation. The Army Historical Foundation also featured his work in the book The Army, published in 2001. SFC Golden has been the subject of articles and interviews for ArtForum and Der Spiegel magazines, German public television and public radio, and the Hartford Courant newspaper.

He won first place in 2000 in the fine art category of the first Military Graphic Artist of the Year (MILGRAPH) competition, and again in 2002.

SFC. Golden studied fine art at the School of Visual Arts in New York and the University of Arizona. He entered active military duty in October 1984. His assignments include the 13th Support Command, Fort Hood Texas; 2d Infantry Division, Camp Casey, South Korea; Training Support Activity, Eighth Army, East Korea, Yongsan, South Korea; and the 10th Aviation Brigade, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Tracking Bin Laden won First Place - DINFOS MILGRAPH 2002, Military Graphic Competition, Fine Art category.

Here are several examples of SFC Golden's work:


http://www.smallwarsjournal.com/images/golden2.jpg

TRACKING BIN LADEN

http://www.smallwarsjournal.com/images/golden3.jpg

SATAN'S SANDBOX

http://www.smallwarsjournal.com/images/golden4.jpg

STREET FIGHT

http://www.smallwarsjournal.com/images/golden5.jpg

THE HIZARA PROVINCE

zeroagenow
03-24-2009, 12:51 AM
Do you know what has become of SFC Golden? I knew him in his Arizona days and would like to email him if possible.

SWJED
03-24-2009, 01:28 AM
No.

Entropy
03-24-2009, 03:18 PM
Thanks for that - I had no idea!

J Wolfsberger
03-24-2009, 04:14 PM
Does anyone know of a source to purchase prints?

TristanAbbey
03-24-2009, 07:11 PM
You may be able to get in touch through this site:

http://www.dinfos.osd.mil/events/viap/index.asp

E-mail addresses in lower right hand corner for Graphic, Photo, and Video winners.

Umar Al-Mokhtār
03-25-2009, 12:51 AM
you can get a larger image here:

http://www.history.army.mil/art/Golden/Tracking.jpg

Do not know if a print is available. The CMH site doesn't sell one.