War Photographers: Michael Kamber and Louie Palu on Iraq and Afghanistan

“We were supposed to go into Iraq, hold elections, turn over the keys, and get out,“ says Michael Kamber, a photojournalist and editor of the book Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq. “That’s not how it works, and we need to think about that next time we get involved in a military adventure.“ It is almost impossible to read Kamber’s new book without reflecting on how many of its photographs were taken by people who were either killed, severely injured, or taken captive during the conflict