Iraq War Pictures

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After the countless prisoner beating and army torture stories being reported in the british press this year. I decided to produce some work to comment on the somewhat distorted view of the medias coverage of the war.

This project took the form of recreating scenes from a war such as prisoner abuse, field operations and combat.

The shots were taken in the way a typical fashion shoot would be done using honeycomb lighting and shot on a blad medium format, the resulting effect is an obviously staged effect yet still effect as a message of communication.

The aim of this peice of work has several outcomes;

a. using a fashion shoot method it translates a message that allthough there is a war going on the public seems more bothered about celebritys and fashion than it really does about some 18yr old squaddy taking a nickel plated slug to the back of the head while peace keeping in basra while following orders from a goverment that we voted in? Apathy.

b. the message of the british press currently covering events in iraq and the middle east is so distorted anyway, by spoofing the events they are essentially as ligitimate as the reporting we are fed by the uk media.


Prisoner Interogation and abuse


Field Operation. Shrapnel Wound to the chest, Administering Morphine drip while preparting for intravenus andrenal injection

Supporting Work
Below are images taken to document the shooting of the images above.

Chris - Setting up woodland shoot	Jon - Bomb Making, Amonium Nitrate
Jon - Bomb Making	Mike and Joe - Woodland shoot
Joe - Woodland Camo	Woodland shoot Flash Lighting units
Boys being briefed on Direction	Joe - Painted up
Mike - Painted up	Refreshments
Mike - Rage Head	Jon - IDF
Joe - Allo Allo	Jon - IDF
Colt .45	Mike - Checking MP5 over