ART1827 - Humanizing Conflict

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Macedonia, 1999.

• Refugees are taken to a camp by bus after arriving to Macedonia from Kosovo in the spring of 1999 when Serb forces forced 1.5 million Albanians from their homes.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Albania, 1999.

• An old woman rests after crossing the border between Albania and Kosovo after being forced to flee her home in the spring of 1999.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Albania, 1999.

• Paralyzed and helpless, a woman cleansed from Kosovo into Albania by Serb soldiers, shelters from driving rains under plastic sheeting.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Kosovo, 1999.

• A man executed in his home, then wrapped in a fleece rug and torched, was one of many found along an eleven mile long stretch of road between Lukare and Koliq near Pristina.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Kosovo, 1999.

• A woman and her granddaughter return home from Macedonia to their village near Pristina in Kosovo. The family had been “ethnically cleansed” by Serbs in the spring of 1999 and returned to a burnt out home.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Kosovo, 1999.

• Intimate family pictures were found bleached and weather beaten after lying in mud for weeks along a road near Pristina, where at least 200 people were killed.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Kosovo, 1999.

• Intimate family pictures were found bleached and weather beaten after lying in mud for weeks along a road near Pristina, where at least 200 people were killed.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Kosovo, 1999.

• The true face of ethnic cleansing is reflected in these personal snapshots snatched from Kosovar Albanians by Serb soldiers as they were force-marched away from their homes in the spring of 1999.

Tom Stoddart, Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo.

• Kosovo, 1999.

• The true face of ethnic cleansing is reflected in these personal snapshots snatched from Kosovar Albanians by Serb soldiers as they were force-marched away from their homes in the spring of 1999.

Suzanne Opton, Solider, Jefferson.\

• Length of service unknown.

• The soldier portraits were made with the cooperation of the military at Fort Drum army base. The soldiers Suzanne met were between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In making these portraits, she hoped to photograph the invisible. She thought that by looking in the face of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine what he had seen or done, or not done.

Suzanne Opton, Solider, Claxton.

• 120 Days in Afghanistan.

• The soldier portraits were made with the cooperation of the military at Fort Drum army base. The soldiers Suzanne met were between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In making these portraits, she hoped to photograph the invisible. She thought that by looking in the face of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine what he had seen or done, or not done.

Suzanne Opton, Solider, L. Jefferson.

• Length of service undisclosed.

• The soldier portraits were made with the cooperation of the military at Fort Drum army base. The soldiers Suzanne met were between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In making these portraits, she hoped to photograph the invisible. She thought that by looking in the face of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine what he had seen or done, or not done.

Suzanne Opton, Solider, Williams.

• 396 Days in Iraq.

• The soldier portraits were made with the cooperation of the military at Fort Drum army base. The soldiers Suzanne met were between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In making these portraits, she hoped to photograph the invisible. She thought that by looking in the face of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine what he had seen or done, or not done.

Suzanne Opton, Solider, Wright.

• 366 Days in Iraq.

• The soldier portraits were made with the cooperation of the military at Fort Drum army base. The soldiers Suzanne met were between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In making these portraits, she hoped to photograph the invisible. She thought that by looking in the face of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine what he had seen or done, or not done.

Suzanne Opton, Solider, Parrish.

• Length of service unknown.

• The soldier portraits were made with the cooperation of the military at Fort Drum army base. The soldiers Suzanne met were between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In making these portraits, she hoped to photograph the invisible. She thought that by looking in the face of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine what he had seen or done, or not done.

Suzanne Opton, Solider, Benson.

• 368 Days in Iraq.

• The soldier portraits were made with the cooperation of the military at Fort Drum army base. The soldiers Suzanne met were between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In making these portraits, she hoped to photograph the invisible. She thought that by looking in the face of a young person who had witnessed something unforgettable we might imagine what he had seen or done, or not done.

Nina Berman, Purple Hearts, PFC Randall Clunen, 19, Salem, Ohio.

• The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving.

Nina Berman, Purple Hearts, PFC Jermaine Lewis, 23, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving.

Nina Berman, Purple Hearts, SPC Robert Acosta, 21, Santa Ana, California.

• The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving.

Nina Berman, Purple Hearts, CPL Tyson Johnson III, 22, Prichard, Alabama.

• The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving.

Nina Berman, Purple Hearts, SPC Jose Martinez, 20, Dalton, Georgia.

• The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving.