May 15, 2010

Sleeping soldiers

In 2008, photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington lived with an American platoon in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan, one of the nation’s most dangerous outposts. Since then, he’s released a series of photographs called Sleeping Soldiers, an experimental audiovisual project of the same name, and a full-length documentary produced with author Sebastian Jung called Restrepo, which won the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Restrepo is slated for a summer 2010 theatrical release.

(via Foam Magazine)

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  1. Deron Bauman on May 15th, 2010 at 10:05 pm

    wow. beautiful.

  2. Daryl Scroggins on May 15th, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    That other other world behind the closed lids; the battle nobody survives.

  3. Lauren Stephenson on May 15th, 2010 at 10:07 pm

    This is the best of the bunch. There are a few more on Hetherington’s website if you want to check them out.

  4. Kelsey Parker on May 17th, 2010 at 10:43 am

    This is one of those ideas I love so much I wish I had it first. (Though it’s clear he’s done a better job with it than I ever could!)

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