Autumn 2007. I was offered to go and photograph a batalion of Kurd soldiers in the Iraqi army. I had 48 hours to decide whether I wanted to go or not .
I went. There, a friend of mine gave me his old Hi8 video camera, with ten tapes. I am a photographer, I have never shot with a video camera. I have never seen the war. For one month, I stayed with the soldiers, and I shot their daily life. The waiting, the tension, the dead times, the endless crossings of this city, looking for never-to-be-found terrrorists.
Project and translation : Bakhtiyar Abdullah Haddad
Mixing : Gil Savoy
Editing : Jeremy Gravayat
Story : Malik Nejmi
When taboos make orphans, Kenya
Story : Agence VU
Love stories
Book : Agence VU
VU MAG 3 au Cinéma
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Each week, on Friday at 1pm, mediapart.fr and Agence VU offer the work of a photoreporter.
A portfolio of 12 to 20 pictures is available for online sale. (website in french)