It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War (46 page)

studio photographer, 108

sub-Saharan Africa, 276

Sudan, 7, 176–77, 179–80, 182, 188, 190, 199, 240, 277, 296

Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), 176, 179–80, 182

suicide attacks, 209, 325, 327

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, 116–17, 124, 137

Sunnis, 119, 149–51

Swat Valley (Pakistan), 254–55

Syria, 330, 332, 337–41

Tactical Operations Command Center (TOC), 212–13, 215, 223–24, 237, 242, 245

Taliban, 6, 59–62, 98, 251–52

bans entertainment/media, 55, 64–65, 72, 104–6

dominates Afghanistan, 55, 63–66, 68, 209

fall of, 99–102, 104–5, 111, 131

as formidable fighters, 212–13, 215, 230

and journalists, 70–71, 76–77, 296

in Pakistan, 249–54, 264

restricts photography, 55–56, 63–65

and September 11, 84–85, 92–93

and Operation Rock Avalanche, 221–25, 228–31, 236, 239

See also
women: under Taliban

“Talibanistan” series, 249–50, 253–54, 264

Tehran, Iran, 116, 199–200

television, 37, 55, 64, 69, 84–85, 90, 100, 112, 120, 122–23, 127, 294, 299.
See also
BBC, CNN

terrorists, 2, 9, 71, 84, 114, 119–21, 142.
See also specific groups
; War on Terror

Thailand, 166

Thuraya satellite phones, 153, 162–63, 213, 221

Tikrit, Iraq, 125, 129, 133

Time
magazine, 127–28, 176, 273

Today
show, 304

transgender prostitutes, 43–49

Tripoli, Libya, 6, 288–90, 293, 298–300

Tunisia, 1–2, 277, 300–2

Turkey, 21, 110, 115, 137, 141–43, 155, 198–99, 238, 262, 332, 337.
See also
Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish Embassy, 298–301

Uganda, 20–21, 116, 333

UNHCR (UN refugee agency), 56, 61, 63, 74, 177

United Nations, 57–58, 196, 206

in Afghanistan, 63, 70

and Darfur crisis, 179, 186, 188

guesthouses of, 63, 177

and Iraq war, 112

University of Bologna, 32

University of Wisconsin, Madison, 31–32

U.S. Embassy (India), 52

U.S. military, 214, 289–90, 316

attacked by Iraq insurgents, 156–58, 160, 162–63

bases in Afghanistan, 209–20, 227, 239–41

car bombings against, 148

and civilian casualties, 241–42

and fall of Iraq, 124–25, 129

interviews of, 219–20

patrols of, 217–20, 227–28

photographing of, 113–14, 129, 132–33, 167–71, 210, 214, 220, 231–33, 236, 274

polishing image of, 242, 245

scrutinize photos, 213, 246

See also
Afghanistan: U.S. war in; embedding,

with U.S. troops; Iraq: U.S. war in; Operation Rock Avalanche

U.S. State Department, 298

Van der Stockt, Laurent, 10

Vandenbeerge, Specialist Carl, 231–32, 236

Vanity Fair
, 244

Velshi, Ali, 311–12

Verma, Dr. Sohani, 313–14

video filming, 116, 212, 227, 230, 294

Vietnam, 90, 113, 223

visas, 52, 57–61, 155, 179, 188, 259–60

Vumila (Congolese woman), 192–95

Waleed (Iraqi driver), 149–51, 157–60, 162–63, 339

war correspondents, 14, 113, 221, 237

deep commitment of, 20, 332, 335

friendships among, 20, 117, 146–47, 308–9

loved ones of, 7, 15, 288–89, 297

nomadic life of, 103

profession of, 8–9, 15, 20–22

romantic relationships of, 146–47

suffer trauma, 22, 164–65, 297

travel in convoys, 8, 102, 146, 299

See also
journalists; photojournalists;
specific names

War on Terror, 20, 84–85, 96, 175, 240, 249

wars

beauty in, 190

devastation of, 308–9

human costs of, 167, 216, 225

language of, 119

over tribal conflicts/resources, 176

sounds of, 7, 223–25

See also
civilian casualties;
specific countries

Washington, DC, 102, 298, 308

Washington Post
, 120, 180, 198, 259

Watson, Ivan, 117

weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), 112, 125

Wellford, Jamie, 309

Westport, Connecticut, 25–31

Winn, Lieutenant Brad, 220

wire services, 37.
See also
Associated Press (AP); Reuters

women, 9, 20, 33, 328

embedded with troops, 211, 217–33, 236–42

face discrimination, 96–97, 106, 141–42, 238

in Iraq, 131, 136, 151, 159, 161

as journalists, 116, 147, 251–52, 312

in Muslim world, 324

as photographers, 92–93, 96–97, 106, 116, 141–42, 147, 251–52, 266, 312

photographing of, 20, 52, 54–56, 64–65, 78, 85, 93–96, 99–100, 131, 134, 136–37, 189, 191–94, 196

under Taliban, 54–56, 63–66, 68, 71–74, 76

violence toward, 194–96

See also
gender; rape; sexual assault;
specific countries

“Women of Jihad” series, 93–96

World Trade Center, 84, 90

Yaka China (Afghanistan), 222–26, 228, 242

Zimbabwe, 333

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Table of Contents

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Prelude

PART ONE: Discovering the World

CHAPTER 1: No Second Chances in New York

CHAPTER 2: How Many Children Do You Have?

CHAPTER 3: We Are at War

PART TWO: The 9/11 Years

CHAPTER 4: You, American, Are Not Welcome Here Anymore

CHAPTER 5: I Am Not as Worried About Bullets

CHAPTER 6: Please Tell the Woman We Will Not Hurt Her

PART THREE: A Kind of Balance

CHAPTER 7: Women Are Casualties of Their Birthplace

CHAPTER 8: Do Your Work, and Come Back When You Finish

CHAPTER 9: The Most Dangerous Place in the World

CHAPTER 10: Driver Expire

PART FOUR: Life and Death

CHAPTER 11: You Will Die Tonight

CHAPTER 12: He Was a Brother I Miss Dearly

CHAPTER 13: I Would Advise You Not to Travel

CHAPTER 14: Lukas

AFTERWORD: Return to Iraq

Acknowledgments

Index