6/27/2023 0 Comments Baghdad sketches![]() ![]() ![]() He gained a unique perspective on both Iraqis and soldiers – hopeful, angry, confused as each side is – and has produced an exceptional historical document. Armed with his openness and curiosity, Mumford was embedded with several army divisions, but also spent much time sketching on the city streets. His is a remarkable document.” – Starred PW review “Some of the most compelling commentary on Iraq has come from a New York painter, Steve Mumford, who has been embedded with military units in hot spots like Baquba, Tikrit and Baghdad…” – The New York Times Baghdad Journal is the culmination of four voyages that Steve Mumford undertook to war-torn Iraq, during which he was able to capture a human side of the war that has been lost in the immediacy of photographic and broadcast images. “It’s refreshing to get this dispatch told, from the perspective not of a journalist or a photographer, but of an artist… written in a lucid and reflective style that perfectly matches these quiet spaces pushing out at the surrounding chaos. ![]()
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