A Lens to the Front

A homegrown Iraqi photo agency is telling stories no one else can.

via Roads & Kingdoms: http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/a-lens-to-the-front/

He handed his memory cards to Carini and sipped coffee as the two of them looked over his pictures. Carini was amazed. He was struck by one shot in particular—the closest one he had ever seen from the frontline. In the image, a few peshmergas are ducking for cover behind sand bags while being shot at by ISIS. A fighter has just launched a rocket grenade. You can still see the smoke left in its wake