SLEEPING SOLDIERS (Afghanistan, 2009)
As part of a long-running project the British photographer Tim Hetherington followed an American platoon in a remote valley in Afghanistan. While he was with them he built up a more intimate bond with the soldiers than most journalists are privileged to. From this unique position, and making use of both photography and moving images, together with editor Magali Charrier Hetherington created an installation that makes the confusion and stress of war, but also the comradeship among soldiers palpable. By arranging documentary material according to the aesthetic of fiction Hetherington has been able to convincingly evoke the stress of war for the viewer.
