Simon Norfolk is easily the most controversial war photographer I know of. He’s not controversial for going behind enemy lines or being extra-specially embedded with the Marines in Falluja or some-such. His pictures are about war more so than many other war photogs, but they are of anything but but firing shots, hiding in trenches or big macho helis shooting the shit out of the bad guys.
His pictures are of what war does. To people, landscapes, societies. The caption for the above image is:
“The brickworks at Hussain Khil, east of Kabul. With massive rebuilding taking place in Kabul, the demand for new bricks has soared”.
See his web site or by all means read this fantastic interview at BLDG BLOG.
