Ben Brody

Contributor

Ben Brody has been photographing and writing about the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2005.  His work is featured in The GroundTruth Project’s Foreverstan, Afghanistan and the Road to Ending America’s Longest War, and on his personal page, photobrody.com.


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In Tahrir, the cacophony of creating Egypt’s future

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The concerns of the day compete with microphone feedback in the square, Cairo’s cultural epicenter.

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Waiting Game

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The burn pit

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Dodging rocks in Kandahar City

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“Moon Dust”

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“Moon Dust”

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Soldiers from C Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, fill sandbags at Howz Madad near sunset on July 17. Once they have filled all the bags they brought, the soldiers will hoist them into the guard towers that ring their small base here — towers that come under attack almost daily. The tower guards said they […]

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Photos: On night patrol in Kandahar City

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After an all-night foot patrol, dawn breaks over Kandahar City and Canadian soldiers from India Company, 2nd Battalion, board their Light Armored Vehicles for an operation aimed at disrupting Taliban activity on the outskirts of the city. After a stop at a Kandahar City Police Station, several Afghan police officers join the mission. The mission […]

Full Frame: Afghanistan: Clearing The Way

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U.S. and Afghan troops, side by side

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At Combat Outpost Lakokhel, a tiny ring of sandbags in western Zhari District, U.S. and Afghan soldiers train and patrol side by side. Each guard tower is manned by one Afghan and one American at a time. They live on opposite sides of the installation, about 150 feet apart. Each has their own supply chains, […]

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Full Frame: Clearing the way

Agence France-Presse

An embedded photographer captures the work of a US bomb clearing unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan.