Casualties: In March 2003, photographer Warren Zinn took this photo of Army medic Joseph Dwyer with wounded 4-year-old Iraqi Ali Sattar. Dwyer struggled with PTSD and died June 28 of substance abuse. (Warren Zinn – (AP Photo/Warren Zinn, The Army Times Co.))The WaPo has a rather touching article about the aftermath of being a war photog. I’d highly recommend the read.
I thought I’d put photojournalism and war behind me four and a half years ago when I traded in the dusty battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan for law school in Miami. But those words reminded me that you never truly leave the battlefield behind.
-Ricochet – washingtonpost.com