2003

Leica D-Lux

Quality Becomes Lighter on its Feet

Featuring a fast DC Vario-Summicron lens, a 4 MP CCD sensor, and an aluminum housing: the Leica D-Lux, a popular model in the digital compact camera market, raises the bar in terms of precision. It also opens up new freedoms thanks to digital storage, format selection, and instant image control.

In the Name of Security

In response to 9/11, the US government launches the “War on Terror” – a global declaration of war that blurs goals and certainties and sharpens discrepancies in the international community. When US soldiers are deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, photographers like Ashley Gilbertson, Abbas, and Paolo Pellegrin are among those who throw themselves into the thick of the action. Their documentation provides a comprehensive and balanced perspective on the daily life of the soldiers, civilians, and refugees. These significant images are a poignant reminder that we are dealing with a state of emergency that poses a significant threat to human life.

Dramatic black-and-white image showing a boy looking steadfastly through the wreckage of a tank with the remains of a helicopter in the background.

Afghanistan 2002, Ashley Gilbertson

Afghanistan in a State of Emergency

Black-and-white image of the head of a large statue of Saddam Hussein being dragged across a bridge pulled by a steel chain.

Bronze head of President Saddam Hussein after US troops occupied the capital 2003, Abbas

Iraq in a State of Emergency

My job as a photographer of these stories is to translate what foreign policy looks like on a ground level – trying to humanize those stories.
– Ashley Gilbertson

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