Kurdistan: Photographs Show the Beauty of Springtime in Iraq | Time.com

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Capturing the Beauty of Springtime in Iraqi Kurdistan

In Iraqi Kurdistan, spring is the time for lavish picnics

via Time: http://time.com/4751126/kurdistan-springtime/

For three years, photographer Erin Trieb has been covering the conflict against ISIS in northern Iraq. She followed Kurdish women fighters and shadowed some of the 5,000 U.S. soldiers involved in the fight against the extremist group. But, looking back at that work, the American photographer realized she hadn’t photographed “much of the beauty of Kurdish culture,” she tells TIME.