As you may know, today marks the tenth anniversary of the Afghan war’s beginning, the longest war in US history. Here is a collection of what are, in my opinion, some of the best pieces of photojournalism from the past ten years of fighting. These are by some of the most talented conflict photographers out there.
1. Tim Hetherington. Soldiers near the village of Donga use a white phosphorus incendiary bomb against insurgents.
2. Robert Nickelsberg. January 2004. US Marine Corporal Gravenese patrols Asadabad in Kunar province. Ten kilometers from the Pakistan border.
3. David Guttenfelder. November 2009. Pech Valley, Kunar Province. An Afghan soldier trains on a firing range.
4. Damon Winter. 1st Battalion, 87h Infantry, 10th Mountain Division. Done with an iPhone.
5. Kevin Frayer. May 2011. A USMC Cobra helicopter fires diversionary flares near FOB Edi in Helmand.
6. Anja Niedringhaus. June 2011. Lance Cpl. Blas Trevino of the US Marines arrives at Edi’s field hospital on a medevac chopper.
7. Tyler Hicks. Soldiers are dropped off by helicopters in Charbaran Valley.
8. Lynsey Addario. Medevacs for the 82nd Airborne pick up wounded soldiers in Helmand.
9. Chris Hondros. Badghis Province. Sgt. John Barton heads up to begin morning watch.
This is of course, far from comprehensive.
from ~Prescott:
These are my grandfathers photos from when he served in the African campaign during World War II. This photo shows a downed Stuka being investigated by the troops.
There are heaps more, so I’ll get around to scanning them all in eventually!
August 9, 1945 - The United States drops the bomb on the city of Nagasaki.
Woa. Thanks for this history reminder. FOTD.
Holy shit 1962 .. before the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963?
From pinktentacle.com:
Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto’s “1945-1998” is an animated map showing the 2,053 nuclear explosions that took place around the world during the 20th century, from the detonations at Alamogordo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to the tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998.
Skip to the 12 minute mark for a summary and fallout map.. but the video shows you each month of each year since 1945.
