Battlespace
Great online anthology of combat photography from Iraq and Afghanistan at Battlespace, a project of Novembereleven.org, which is about supporting independent journalism. 2007 Balazs Gardi shot of an exhausted grunt in Afghanistan above via Theo. The rest you need to go into the site to see. Links to some standouts, intensity follow. No political commentary,* it is what it is, none of it pretty, all of it war:
More from Gardi in Afghanistan, American soldier carries away a wounded comrade after their position is overrun.
Gaith Abdul Ahad, Iraqis killed by helicopters while dancing around a burning American vehicle.
Guy Calaf, dead Taliban, foreground, American behind cover.
Jarhead weirdness via Andrew Cutraro. (looks like: note plain khaki body armor, lack of shoulder patches)
Ashley Gilbertson, Americans returning fire in Iraq, with what looks like an odd heat effect or pixilation.
Eros Hoagland, Ramadi 2007.
Michael Kamber, wounded American, Latifiyah, Iraq.
Yuri Kozyrev, U.S. soldier marks Iraqis with serial numbers.
Jared Moossy, Medevaced American and the Kamdesh Valley.
Lucian Read, American on the operating table. It’s a rough one.
Moises Saman, Afghan soldier by his friend’s body, flipped Humvee.
Luke Wolagiewicz, house search, Iraq.
Alvaro Ybarra Zavala, man firing AK. Unclear which side.
Stefan Zalkin, U.S. soldier killed in Fallujah, 2004. Another rough one.
* Unless you want to call the following quotes political commentary, at the Battlespace homepage. They seem to have left things a little ambiguous, including the name of the group, Novembereleven, which is both Veterans Day and Armistice Day:
Battlespace: The environment, factors, and conditions which must be understood to successfully apply combat power, protect the force, or complete the mission. This includes the air, land, sea, space, and the included enemy and friendly forces, facilities, weather, terrain, the electromagnetic spectrum, and information environment within the operational areas and areas of interest.
—US Department of DefenseIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
—Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The exhibition slideshow appears to be trying to make a point, though. Edited sequence conveying a message that alphabetical presentation moderated. With really bad music.
Topics: Afghanistan, Iraq, media
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 11:46 pm on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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