WTF Iraq - War photographer Ashley Gilbertson - Part 6/6

Part 6/6 - "Photographing Civilians." Ashley Gilbertson photographs the war in Iraq for the New York Times. He talks about the invasion of Iraq, the battle for Falluja, the Marines he worked with, post-traumatic stress disorder, Iraqi civilians, and the future of photojournalism. His work is available in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War published by the University of Chicago Press.

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[daveyboygee]

Thanks geijin. I lived in Kuwait for a few years and I know that people there were appreciative about America's role in preventing Saddam from taking over the whole Gulf Region. Can you imagine the chaos he would have caused had he been enabled to attack Saudi Arabia? As hard as some feelings were because of the brutal orders Saddam gave his men in killing and suppressing the Kuwaiti people, the Kuwaiti's still felt that the Iraqi's were their brothers. I hope this will help repair th damage

[geijin]

Well i gotta agree with you about the dictator part....Sadam didnt even allow car customizations, now cars in Iraq are full of decals and logos of stuff they dont actually have

[daveyboygee]

Extreme Beats is right on. This war was no Vietnam. It was a deliberate attempt to free a tormented population of people from a tyrannical bully. Despite a natural dose of trial and error in the handling of the operation, it has been largely successful in bringing down dictator, ushering democracy into Middle East and directing the War on Terror away from the heartland. But apparently it's more fun....and profitable, to take pictures glorifying brainwashed islamo-baby killers.

[zoso9993]

there is more bad happening than good media only shows the brither side of war but when your there it looks completely diffrent and there is alot of unhuman crimes going on there that no one ever captured on film

[miniheli]

In any aspect of life, there is good and there is bad. Obveously there are more photojournlists besides the guy in this vid. So with that being said, there should be plenty of pictures and video's taken of the "good". But who makes the final call to publish those photos? newspapers,tv ect.... Besides war has more bad than good....

Peace

[ExtremeBeats]

I wish photographers would focus on the good things happening in Iraq, instead of the worst scenerios. There are schools being built, hospitals being built, entire cities have been freed and turned back over to the citizens. As he says, "insurgencies see the Americans as this great big evil" He has the power to change that through his lens. He chooses not to and only photograph the horrors. I guess maybe its the sensationalism of the gore. There's good happening over there, we need to see it

[shifu525]

Hey, this is amazing, I could not imagine doing anything like what you have done. I wish all the success with your book.

[o7jimmy]

You have done well.

[Tomafi]

great insight, thank you

can't imagine what that must be like, being amongst insurgents..

[lighthammar]

glad i watched that, thanks.

If i were them, i wouldn't trust you either.