Chapter Seven
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The Factor Druk printing house after a Russian missile strike that killed seven people and destroyed more than 50,000 books. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Daniel Beltrá
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2024 -
They Dropped Like Flakes, They Dropped Like Stars
Paul Seawright
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017 -
Soldiers attend Catholic Mass at Forward Operating Base Gabe, including prayers for Pope John Paul II as his health declined. Diyala, Iraq.
Christoph Bangert
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2005 -
Victims of a stampede that killed as many as 900 Shiite pilgrims during a mass panic on the bridge between Adhamiya and Khadamiya, reportedly sparked by rumors of a suicide bomber among crowds gathered at a shrine in Khadamiya. Baghdad.
Christoph Bangert
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2005 -
The Remains of a Suspected Suicide Bomber lie in the street after an attack near an American military convoy. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2010.
Christoph Bangert
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2010 -
Shrapnel damage marks the running track of Chernihiv’s football stadium after Russian missile strikes destroyed the facility. Chernihiv, Ukraine.
Daniel Beltrá
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2022 -
Photographs of victims killed during the October 7 attack at the Nova Music Festival are displayed at a memorial near Kibbutz Re’im, close to the Gaza Strip. Israel.
Kobi Wolf
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2024 -
Israeli women hold posters of hostages abducted from their homes and held in Gaza during a demonstration calling for their release in Tel Aviv. Israel.
Kobi Wolf
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2023 -
The burned home of Vivian Silver, 74, who was abducted into Gaza during the October 7 attacks, in Kibbutz Be’eri near the Gaza Strip. Israel.
Kobi Wolf
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2023 -
An Orthodox Jewish man runs to find shelter on his way to pray at a synagogue during a Hamas rocket attack on the morning of October 7, 2023. Israel.
Kobi Wolf
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2023 -
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Marjah, where U.S. Marines and NATO forces launched an offensive in February 2010, was described at the time as the last Taliban stronghold in Helmand Province.
Andrea Bruce
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2010 -
The Weight
Sama Alshaibi
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2004 -
A wounded Afghan child caught in crossfire during a gun battle between the U.S. 173rd Airborne and Taliban insurgents outside the village of Gonbaz. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Stephen Dupont
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2005 -
A U.S. Chinook lands outside Gonbaz village to resupply the 173rd Airborne during operations against insurgents in the Showali-Kot region. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Stephen Dupont
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2005 -
A man cycles past an empty cave where the world’s largest standing ancient Buddha statue once stood before the Taliban destroyed it in 2001. Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan.
Stephen Dupont
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2005 -
Return
Sama Alshaibi
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2005 -
Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out — Naval Base.
Edmund Clark
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2012-2013 -
Funeral of Sergeant Seth Ricketts, killed on his fifth deployment. Corinth, Mississippi.
Peter van Agtmael
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2010 -
LATUSA_035P
Peter van Agtmael
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2010 -
Palestinian women mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in an airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
Jehad Alshafi
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2024 -
A Palestinian girl struggles as she and others try to receive donated food at a distribution center in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Jehad Alshafi
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2025 -
A woman waits to see her husband, who was detained by the U.S. military for over two years at Camp Bucca Detention Facility. Iraq.
Andrea Bruce
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2008 -
U.S. soldiers drag the body of a suspected Iraqi fighter during combat operations near Baghdad.
Christopher Morris
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2003 -
Abu Zubaydah, Cavity Search, 2023. Drawn from memory during his imprisonment at Guantánamo Bay, this image depicts the abusive “cavity search” procedures and sexualized violence he says he endured in CIA custody, transforming personal testimony into visual evidence of the post-9/11 torture program.
Abu Zybaydah
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2023 -
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An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Rafah, Gaza strip, 2025.
Jehad Alshafi
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2024 -
Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip after Israel allowed thousands to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas. Gaza
Jehad Alshafi
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2025 -
CIA Inspector General, Special Review: Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities (September 2001–October 2003); declassified in redacted form in August 2009. The report examines the CIA’s early use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” including their application to detainees such as Abu Zubaydah, with large portions censored upon release, reflecting the secrecy surrounding post-9/11 detention and rendition programs.
CIA Document
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2009 -
Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out — Camp 6.
Edmund Clark
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2012-2013 -
Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out — Camp 4, Arrow to Mecca and Ring for Ankle Shackles.
Edmund Clark
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2012-2013