War Photographer: Aftermath
“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.”Published July 25, 2008
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.))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.