Elderly man killed in crossfire, Najaf - photo by Kael Alford

For months on end, seven independent photographers and filmmakers have worked exclusively in Iraq documenting US troops and Iraqi civilians, resistance fighters and child laborers, imprisoned women and incarcerated youths. Using varied media and narrative styles ranging from photojournalism to first person narratives, cinema verite and found photography, Iraq Uncensored photographers present insights and subtleties beyond what daily news reporting can provide.

Together they will present rare windows on Iraq, the land that cradled what we now call civilization.

Larry Holdaway, an artist and photographer, created this chilling composite by combining the portraits of every American soldier killed in Iraq from March 2003 to September 2004.

Larry writes: “This is the face of America’s sacrifice, the face of more than a thousand families’ pain. Do you recognize it?

You can view more of Larry’s work at bluestarfolly.com

A gallery collection of many photographs from both professional photographers and snapshot artists that have traveled to Iraq with Voices in the Wilderness, and some of our own work here in the U.S.

View Voices in the Wilderness Photo Gallery

Photos from Lorna Tychostup’s recent journey to Iraq. February 2003. Also, Since 9/11, Tychostup has been working on independent photography project capturing the peace movement, entitled, “Defining Patriotism“. “My commitment is to get these photos shown in as many places as possible to encourage people to actively participate in a peace movement that does indeed exist, or at the very least, to help allay the fear of those who might be afraid to speak out in the face of the war rhetoric.”

View The War on Iraq - Looking Into the Eyes of the Enemy

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Thorne Anderson, a photojournalist whose work emphasizes the impact of conflict on civilian populations, has documented the current situation in Iraq as well as the work of Voices In the Wilderness’ Iraq Peace Team project. Thorne is staying in Iraq with the IPT indefinitely.

View Iraq on the Edge (pdf)