Service: Platon

He considers a portrait session an 'event' in which subjects pose as 'a demonstration of their existence' and experience. presidential election, an American Muslim mother cradles the grave of her soldier son. Outside that setting, his images became freer and more emotionally charged. It is a comprehensive study which moves from the surreal to the brutal to the tragic, a dizzying survey of the scale of war In his work, Platon seeks connection above all things, learning peoples’ stories and responding to them in such a way that affords his work its trademark intimacy. soldiers and their families b

Together, these photographs speak volumes about the lives and families of those who fight: their physical and psychological wounds, their extraordinary valor and often modest backgrounds, and the fierce emotions that surround their service.. Now Platon has turned his lens to military service, embedding himself outside the battlefield in places where so much occurs that is so rarely mentioned. Having created over 25 Time magazine covers and succeeding Richard Avedon as a staff photographer for the New Yorker, Platon has become a household name. presidential election, an American Muslim mother cradles the grave of her soldier son. Platon’s images capture both joy and grief, strength and vulnerability, support and dissent: a young man's t-shirt that reads “Iraq veteran against the war”; an African American woman stands proudly in full military regalia; a double-amputee stares directly from his whe

Stunning Captivating Real This is an excellent pictorial view from boot camp to postwar civilian life for our Desert troops.. Glenda L Fu said Five Stars. Moving. Five Stars perfect condition as described

. Sebastian Junger is a bestselling author, journalist and filmmaker. Elisabeth Biondi served for fifteen years as the Photo Editor for the New Yorker magazine