IRAQ (Iraq, 2007-2008)
Death is the essence of war, according to the German photographer Martin Specht. As a correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan he again and again sought out the heat of battle. Embedded with American troops, he experienced a great number of moments in which soldiers were wounded or killed. Soldiers were ambushed, blown up by bombs or hit by incoming rockets. Some soldiers who Specht met would soon after die in battle. This destructive essence is the heart of his photo series from Iraq.
