Photographs of Daily Life in Iraq

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Life in Baghdad: An Intimate Portrait

Playful, sad, poignant and optimistic, Marieke van der Velden’s photos of Baghdad portray a deeply human dimension of the sweltering, bomb-shattered city.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/life-in-baghdad-an-intimate-portrait/

Marieke van der Velden’s recent photographs of daily life — not death — in Baghdad make you feel. Taken in August, the project, “Baghdad Today,” forms one of the most intimate portraits of Iraqi life to emerge since the 2003 American invasion. By turns playful, sad, poignant and optimistic, her photos portray a deeply human dimension of the sweltering, bomb-shattered city.