Selective Selection

This month I've gotten a decreased number of photographs. We've been leaving Camp Echo less and less in a fairly gradual "hand over" to elements of the Iraqi government. As well I've taken a much more selective approach to photographs. I concentrate on the people and landscape which are far more interesting than IPs and soldiers anyway.

In the distance, far off the road, a Bedouin herding settlement.


A small town, city street.


Did some mediocre photoshop touch up on this copy. The truck windows were filthy and proximity photographs get obvious spots. I like the positioning though and how random spontaneous scenes often offer a better pose than a prepared and positioned picture.

Sneaker Arab.

Imagine construction workers in the US covering their faces at work. This is so common here but one of these guys on the street in America doing nothing would no doubt cause 100 911 calls in less than a minute.

I like this shot. It's a cropped copy. There are spots in the sky on the original, so I cropped it out to see what effect it would make. Your eyes notice the cross in the road and the matching crossed legs more so it turned out kinda cool.

Another Bedouin settlement.