Everybody Looks Tall From Here
November 9th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A little Afghan girl watches soldiers search a compound for suspicious materials in Luy Karez, Kandahar.
Sound System
November 8th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
In the village of Luy Karez, searching compound to compound – an IED hotspot for the area.
Tatooine
November 7th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Afghanistan is a complicated place, and although grammar police may hate mixed metaphors, this place is rife with ‘em… Last time, in Zabul, I keep thinking of the Wild West. But western Kandahar is definitely all Star Wars. About four people today on the patrol with the 2-1′s Blackwatch all mentioned Tatooine to me. Take my word for it, around here, you can’t understate all often this place evokes a little slice of Hollywood fantasy gone rogue.