The Don Englebreston Collection

Civilian Portrait of an Unidentified Young Man in a Blue Suit, Interior Setting, circa Late 1960s to 1970s

Civilian Portrait of an Unidentified Young Man in a Blue Suit, Interior Setting, circa Late 1960s to 1970s

An unidentified young man poses indoors in a wide-lapel blue suit and plaid tie, standing before louvered closet doors beneath a crystal wall sconce. Despite being filed with Vietnam-era material, this is a civilian portrait made in a domestic or hotel interior in the United States, most likely in the late 1960s or 1970s. Photographs like this one sit alongside combat imagery in veterans' personal collections and are a reminder that the men in the field photographs had lives on both sides of their tours. Project: 219827