Photos you will not see anywhere else

[LiberalArkie]

http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/a-lens-to-the-front/

When he arrived, Ahmed was still covered in dust. He was just back from the military base in Daquq, a few miles away from the ISIS-controlled territories of Iraq. His boss, Stefano Carini, had insisted they meet before the Eid al-Adha holiday; he was impatient to see Ahmed’s work.

They met in a café in Sulaymaniyah, a Kurdish city of 1.5 million people, on a late afternoon last week. Ahmed (not his real name) is a 25-year old music student and a photographer. He had just witnessed the heaviest fighting in his base since the beginning of the war, but he seemed very calm. Collected.

He handed his memory cards to Carini and sipped coffee as the two of them looked over his pictures. Carini was amazed. He was struck by one shot in particular—the closest one he had ever seen from the frontline. In the image, a few peshmergas are ducking for cover behind sand bags while being shot at by ISIS. A fighter has just launched a rocket grenade. You can still see the smoke left in its wake [image below].
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http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/a-lens-to-the-front/

[panader0]

1. Great photos!

Thanks for posting.

[NV Whino]

2. Thank you

These are definitely worth a look.

[tkmorris]

3. Absolutely outstanding

Terrific photographs. I had never heard of Metrography but will definitely be following their work from now on. Thank you very much for posting this.

[denbot]

4. So, there are still photojournalists in the world.

Who knew?

K&R

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. Gripping shots of those caught in the middle of the conflict as well...

Thanks for posting.

[calimary]

6. These are stunning shots!

They really give you a close-up look at what the Talking Heads and Rachel Maddow call "Life During Wartime."

[tomm2thumbs]

7. amazing photography

[peoli]

8. great website! Thanks so much.