Military Tuesday : Steve Mumford’s Baghdad Journal
I know this discovery is some four years late but I just caught this off Ian Berry’s blog recently. Better late but never right?
New York artist Steve Mumford wrote and illustrated 16 journal entries at Artnet about his experiences in Iraq from August 2003 to December 2004 during the then-ongoing US invasion.
© Steve Mumford
An open-air market in Baghdad.
© Steve Mumford
A couple of Iraqi kids who run errands for US soldiers.
His journal entries and the accompanying sketches and paintings provide a fascinating insight into the lives of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians from his journeys both alone and with US Army units on their patrols and raids (including one a counterfeit operation with a scout platoon from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment)
© Steve Mumford
Steve Mumford’s encounter with an IED exploding next to a Humvee before him.
© Steve Mumford
A first-hand account of a firefight with insurgents in Baqubah in 2004 while huddled inside a M113.
© Steve Mumford
A M1 Abrams tank guarding the entrance to FOB Warhorse.
© Steve Mumford
The crew of a M109 Paladin firing on Buritz.
Read Steve Mumford’s Baghdad journal at Artnet.
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