Look Back, in Danger

Peter van Agtmael’s new book is a personal look at America’s recent wars, as well as his own struggles to experience and explain conflict.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/look-back-in-danger/?gwh=041AADDAE5AC90A0FA60D1C11BF9EDAE&gwt=pay

I had strong beliefs. I believed that journalism, however flawed, was one of the key checks against corruption and power-mongering. I found photography when I was 19, and soon there was a feeling of completion that had never been there. It sensitized me. It crystallized a hatred of cruelty, while giving me a reverence that every moment was of potential beauty and consequence.