[Leica] Finally! My Iraq photo book is done

[photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)]

Peter,
Thank you for your praise on the book. There are a few photos which
really stand out and had to be included but then there are others which
aren't noteworthy at all but provide context. I tried to tell a
neutral, chronological story of these six months with the photos
themselves, often including downright boring ones (photo on the side of
the canal, for instance) just to put the reader in the place I was,
with the view I had.
Again, thank you so much.
Regards,
Phil Forrest


On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:39:03 -0800
Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> Phil:  Words fail me. You've given us a gritty, realistic portrayal
> of your experiences. War should never be romanticized, as it so often
> is for political purposes. You've told it as you saw it, in the
> tradition of the best photojournalists. Except that you were a
> participant who was also a photographer, so your viewpoint is
> particularly resonant.
> 
> Two photos really stood out as I thumbed through. One was the photo
> on the ground near the soldier's boots. The other was your final page
> with the shelled building. Somehow these summed things up.
> 
> I can only hope that someone of influence gains insight from your
> work, so that maybe one future war can be prevented, somewhere,
> sometime, somehow.
> 
> Sir, I salute you.
> 
> --Peter
> ---------------
> 
>  > Phil,
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I think you have risk your life to capture all these. I am glad
>  > you are survived to report what you have seen and share unique
>  > life experience of war with us and remind the world how much we
>  > should learn from the war.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > War and Peace or Peace and War, which part should come first?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > We know war and peace always comes together in all times of
>  > history. From now on in your book, can we make war and peace
>  > separate or can we human remove war together from now on for true
>  > peace of life. Christmas is all about peace and joy. I hope and
>  > pray this world dream come true in the world history for everyone
>  > on the earth.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Phil, thank you again for your great life shoot which shocks and
>  > moves me to great extent. I believe what you work in Iraq at the
>  > price of your 
> life
>  > like all other veterans are worth our full applause and praise for 
> the life
>  > journey of peace.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Merry Christmas to you all.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Jacky.
>  >
>  >
>  > On 16 December 2011 06:42, Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at
>  > earthlink.net> wrote:
>  >
>  > > As many here know, I was an independent duty combat photographer
>  > > in the US Navy attached to NMCB-4 (Hoorah Seabees!) from
>  > > 2003-2005. In August of 2004 I deployed with the 'Bees to
>  > > Fallujah, Iraq and worked to show the infrastructure work the
>  > > battalion was doing. We worked with the deployed battalions of
>  > > the 1st Marine Division as well as US Army combat engineers
>  > > among others. I was in-country from August, 2004 until the first
>  > > week of January, 2005.
>  > >
>  > > This last few months I have been working on compiling a book of
>  > > photos that I took with my Leicas while there (my work camera
>  > > was a Nikon D2h.) It's finally done and I'm putting this out to
>  > > hopefully generate a buzz to get a sense of the viability of
>  > > doing a first print run of at least 30 copies. As the book is
>  > > 166 pages, the single-print cost on Blurb.com is prohibitive for
>  > > the would-be buyer and I don't want to price the book out of
>  > > reach.
>  > >
>  > > So here it is:
>  > > 
> http://issuu.com/phil_forrest/docs/fallujah_a_photographers_perspective
>  > >
>  > > Feel free to let me know what you think of it and next week I
>  > > think I'm going to begin taking orders.
>  > >
>  > > Thanks all!
>  > > Phil Forrest
>  > >
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