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ISBN: HB: 9780226066868

University of Chicago Press

May 2014

120 pp.

22.8x30.5 cm

40 duotones

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Bedrooms of the Fallen

For more than a decade, the United States has been fighting wars so far from the public eye as to risk being forgotten, the struggles and sacrifices of its volunteer soldiers almost ignored. Photographer and writer Ashley Gilbertson has been working to prevent that. His dramatic photographs of the Iraq war for the "New York Times" and his book "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" took readers into the mayhem of Baghdad, Ramadi, Samarra, and Fallujah. But with "Bedrooms of the Fallen", Gilbertson reminds us that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have also reached deep into homes far from the noise of battle, down quiet streets and country roads – the homes of family and friends who bear their grief out of view. The book's wide-format black-and-white images depict the bedrooms of forty fallen soldiers – the equivalent of a single platoon – from the United States, Canada, and several European nations. Left intact by families of the deceased, the bedrooms are a heartbreaking reminder of lives cut short: we see high school diplomas and pictures from prom, sports medals and souvenirs, and markers of the idealism that carried them to war, like images of the Twin Towers and Osama Bin Laden. A moving essay by Gilbertson describes his encounters with the families who preserve these private memorials to their loved ones, and shares what he has learned from them about war and loss".Bedrooms of the Fallen" is a masterpiece of documentary photography, and an unforgettable reckoning with the human cost of war.

About the Author

Ashley Gilbertson was born in Australia and lives in New York City. His photographs have appeared in "Time", "Newsweek", the "New York Times", the "Boston Globe", "U. S. News" and "World Report", and other publications. Among numerous honors, Gilbertson won the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal for his photographs of the battle of Falluja and was named the National Photographer of the Year by the National Photo Awards in 2005.