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Mar 18, 2008 14:16 Filed in: Friends of RWFG | Art | Photography | 2008 | Photojournalism | Max Becherer | March08
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In September 2005 we hosted a photojournalism exhibit by Max Becherer. Max was an embedded photographer in the initial 'Shock and Awe' invasion of Iraq in 2003 and has been back and forth between Iraq and Afghanistan several times, usually for months at a time. Max's exhibit presented several story-lines of what life in Iraq is like for Iraqis in the post-Saddam era. The objective of the exhibit was to present an honest portrayal; it is what it is.

It was a very moving exhibit and I am proud to have Max as a friend. Max is a giant of a man who has an uncanny eye to capture the emotion within an image. This can be some pretty horrific combat photography and it takes a very special skill set to be both sensitive to the subject matter and still tell the story.

Max has some very emotional reflections on the past five years in Iraq. It was published in the New York Times on March 18, 2008. It can be found here. After you read that, visit his web site. www.MaxBecherer.com

To Max; keep your head low and travel safely.