Peter van Agtmael
A deeply affecting look at the reality of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2006-2008. Through Peter van Agtmael's lens, a delicate humanity emerges amid the chaos and brutality of combat. As an embedded photographer, van Agtmael follows the great sweep of the war with his camera - from graphic casualties, medical evacuations, and the aftermath of suicide bombings to moving portraits of young soldiers and their families recuperating, mourning, and surviving the harrowing consequences of war. Throughout, van Agtmael's diaristic narrative provides context for the horrors he witnessed, while often revealing the dark, inevitable ironies that occur in an environment where the necessities of daily life are forced to intersect with unspeakable violence and death. By turns gritty, haunting, and deeply moving, the book is a document of loss - and a cogent reminder of the costs of war.
Peter van Agtmael will be at ICP on October 23 for a book signing. You may reserve a signed copy below (limit of two signed copies per customer; pre-orders and reserve orders are not guaranteed but every effort is made to fulfill orders).
Product Information:
Publisher: photolucida
Year: 2009
Images: 74
108 pages
Softcover