Timothy Greenfield-Sanders – Soldiers & Their Dignity – Never Forget

I first became aware of some of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ artistry a couple years ago, after viewing his portraits of Robert Mapplethorpe and Keith Haring:

Robert Mapplethorpe:

 

Keith Haring:

I was visiting Timothy Greenfield-Sanders website today to learn more about his work.  While his photographs of artists, celebrities, porn stars, and politicians are fascinating, the below series of photographs of Iraq War Veterans inspired me to share more of his work.

(Click on the images if you wish to view them individually.)

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Artworks by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders:

Bryan Anderson:

Crystal Davis:

Dawn Halfaker, a West Point graduate, holding the prosthesis for her missing right arm:

Dexter Pitts:

Dusty Hill:

Eddie Ryan:

Jake Schick:

Jay Wilkerson:

John Jones:

Jon Bartlett:

Mike Jernigan – Mike is blind.  One eye socket is empty and the other is a plastic eye studded with diamonds from the wedding ring his wife returned to him when they divorced after his return from Iraq:

Oyoanna Allende:

Terrel Dawes:

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New York Times article on the above photographic series

© All rights reserved by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

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Related Posts:

Mary McHugh and James Regan: 

Ty and Renee Ziegel: 

Katherine Cathey and 2nd Lt. James J. Cathey: 

(Click on the images if you wish to read the related Iraq War photographic posts.)

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On a related note:  When you support a war, you should clearly believe the purposes for the war and the methods used to wage the war are worth risking the health and life of your adult son or daughter.  The question is not:  Is the war worth risking “our soldiers” lives?  Rather, a better question is:  Is the war worth putting your son or daughter in harm’s way?  Answering that question alone will not determine whether or not you support a war, but it will improve the quality of your position on any war.

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