Photo Agency Spurs Up-and-Coming Iraqi Storytellers

Think about the photos you’ve seen from Iraq over the past eight years. It’s fair to assume the majority of what you remember are probably images filled with violence, destruction and fear.

Compare those photos to one made by Safin Hamed, an Iraqi photojournalist in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. In his photo, Hamed captures a quiet, tender moment between a wife and her husband before he heads off to work at a local hospital.