Piecing Together an Ancestral Puzzle Lori Grinker is photographing the history of the Grinker family, a story that has taken her from Lithuania to South Africa. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/piecing-together-an-ancestral-puzzle/ “I wanted to answer the question, ‘What if my family took a left turn, instead of a right turn?’” Lori Grinker said. “What would my…
The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See War is brutal and impersonal. It mocks the fantasy of individual heroism and the absurdity of utopian goals like democracy. In an instant, industrial warfa via Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_pictures_of_war_you_arent_supposed_to_see_20100104/ In Peter van Agtmael’s “2nd Tour Hope I don’t Die” and Lori…
Five years was about how long Lori Grinker thought it would take document the stories of former soldiers; she was only off by a decade. Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict (de.MO), a 248-page collection of intimate color portraits and searing first-person accounts of postwar existence was published in March, 2005 — 15 years…
