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Look at the USA: A Diary of War and Home

Driven by ideology, insecurity, ambition, and a fascination with war, Peter van Agtmael began documenting America’s war in Iraq in 2006. What followed was a nearly two decade long photographic odyssey that resulted in an unprecedented photographic work that looks to understand and peel back the layers of his troubled society.
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"I was 20 years old on 9/11, and the invasion of Iraq was shortly before I graduated," tells photojournalist Peter van Agtmael. "These were formative events at a deeply formative time of life. Iraq and Afghanistan were the wars of my generation and I...

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Robert E. Gerhardt

Robert Gerhardt is a New York based photographer and freelance writer. His photographs and writings have been published nationally and internationally including in The Hong Kong Free Press, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Diplomat.

Read More: Peter van Agtmael: “I Try to Criticize Myself and Criticize the Country at the Same Time”

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