Category Archives: Iraq War

Columbia University – Covering the War in Iraq

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

On May 9, 2013 at 7pm, photographers Mike Kamber, Peter van Atgmael and I will discuss media censorship during the Iraq War. The presentation is in preview of Kamber's book “Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq” Columbia University … Continue reading →

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KBR and Halliburton win again

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Remember Agent Orange, the Monsanto produced defoliant which was supposed to smoke out the Vietnamese enemy? It was a crop killer, a cancer agent, a chemical weapon, sprayed by the tons across Vietnam. It’s the gift that keeps on giving, … Continue reading →

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March Exhibitions 2013

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

  I will be exhibiting work at the following venues in March. Sylvia Wald + Po Kim Art GalleryWar is for the Livingthrough March 23 New York, New York RedLine Art GalleryThe Reality of FictionMarch 8, 2013 – April 28, … Continue reading →

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Return to Sender

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Forty-five members of a U.S. veteran anti-war group threw off their service medals in a gesture of defiance against US military policy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during a demonstration at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Sunday May … Continue reading →

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Dressing for a revolution

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Chicago, Nato summit, the city enforces a several mile exclusion zone, leaving protestors with no target but the police. They chase each other in circles, a kind of urban sport. Frustration builds as those on the street can’t help but … Continue reading →

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Sgt. Cole Lewis limited edition print

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

Photographs have infinite lives, once released to the public, they float around and if chance takes hold, they land in welcoming hands, and the conversation continues. In 2004, the playwright

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Remember the Iraq War – Part 3 – The Refugees

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Somewhere between victory and defeat is dislocation. The Iraq War, like most wars, creates refugees, which is a simple way of saying that millions of people were forced to flee for their lives. They are scattered around the globe, most … Continue reading →

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Remember the Iraq War – Part 2 Purple Hearts

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

In October 2003, I met Sgt. Jeremy Feldbusch. He was an Army Ranger, 24 years old at the time. Three weeks into the war he was wounded in an artillery attack near the Haditha Dam. Metal sliced through his head … Continue reading →

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Remember the Iraq War – Part 1

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Ever year since the U.S. invaded Iraq in March 2003, I have been making photographs, videos, exhibitions and books about the impact of the war as seen in the U.S. For those who want to revisit this history, I invite … Continue reading →

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Censorship and war reporting – Mike Kamber and Bag News Notes

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

“I think that there has to be an accurate, visual record of the war, and I think it’s going to be a much bloodier, a much harder visual record than the one we’ve been seeing.” So begins photographer Mike Kamber’s … Continue reading →

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