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Book - Look at the U.S.A.: A Diary of War and Home. 

Peter van Agtmael 

A personal chronicle of post-9/11 America, at war and at home, through the lens of one of Magnum Photos' leading photographers, Peter Van Agtmael, is a compelling and revealing photographic critique.

Through reportage and memoir, in photographs and words, "Look at the U.S.A" documents the major fault lines that have defined this era, beginning with the war in Iraq and ending with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Fueled by ideology, insecurity, ambition, and a deep fascination with war, Van Agtmael began documenting America’s war in Iraq in 2005. So began a photographic odyssey that would... 

Peter van Agtmael 2017

A scene from the movie Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. 

Peter van Agtmael 2019

2019. President George W. Bush announces “Mission Accomplished”... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. Bullet holes in a wall after a deadly raid.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Outside Mosul. 2006.

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. The aftermath of a violent raid. An American... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. Women watch as the men of the family are led... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. An American medic treats a civilian wounded... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

AFGHANISTAN. August 14, 2009. Marines sleep on FOB Sharp. Conditions... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

KUWAIT. Ali Al Salem. 2006. Graffiti written by soldiers on... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. American soldiers on a foot patrol noticed... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. I was sleeping in a nearby Army base when... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. Most patrols I went on were uneventful. We... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Rawa. 2006. Sergeant Jackson rested in the living room... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Rawa. 2006. A teenager stopped for suspicious behavior... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. Bathroom graffiti.

Peter van Agtmael 2007

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. Sergeant Jeff Reffner after being injured... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

Iraq. Baghdad. 2006. A dying Iraqi soldier in an American hospital... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Brooklyn. 2012. Party in Red Hook. 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

USA. Darien, Wisconsin. 2007. Raymond Hubbard was injured in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

USA. Darien, Wisconsin. 2007. Raymond Hubbard with his children,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Waigul Valley, Nuristan. 2007. A U.S. Blackhawk... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Pech Valley, Kunar. 2007. Usually the stray dogs... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

AFGHANISTAN. 2007. On a flight from Kabul to Mazar-E Sharif. 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

SERBIA. Horgos. 2015. The border had closed at midnight after... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

AFGHANISTAN. Mazar-E-Sharif. 2008. Fahima, on her wedding night,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

TAJIKISTAN. 2011. 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. New York. 2010. A sign outside Arbor Ridge Catering and... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

USA. Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida.  2009.  Started in 1947 by... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

USA. Lenox, Massachusetts. 2008. Drinking shenanigans. 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

USA. Detroit, MI. 2009. Street scene in Detroit in the winter.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

USA. Washington D.C. 2009. The National Mall in Washington, D.C.,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. Marines on patrol minutes... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. A few minutes earlier,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. A Marine after a firefight... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Garmsir, Helmand. 2009. An injured Afghan child... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

Marines rush towards a ditch under fire during a large firefight... 

Peter van Agtmael 2006

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. Bathroom graffiti.

Peter van Agtmael 2011

USA. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 2011. A drill sergeant watches... 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

USA. Fort Irwin, California. 2011. A mock courtroom for soldiers... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

Iraq. Baghdad. 2010. Living quarters at Camp Liberty, a massive... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. Local Sheikhs arrive at the handover of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. Corinth, Mississippi. 2010. The funeral for Sergeant Seth... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. Glen, Mississippi. 2010. Rosie Ricketts wakes up her son... 

Peter van Agtmael 2018

2018. In the Stairwell, the Air Force Academy’s all-male a cappella... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. Des Moines, Iowa. 2010. The Iowa GOP Ronald Reagan dinner... 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

EGYPT. Cairo. February 2, 2011. An Egyptian M60 tank (made... 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

USA. Bethesda, MD. 2011. My dad buckles in my grandfather after... 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

USA. Carmel by the Sea, California. 2013. 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Maryland. 2015. A member of the KKK after a cross lighting/burning.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Louisville, KY. 2015. Wyandotte, the neighborhood on the... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Detroit, MI. 2012. Treasure's family at their home in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

USA. Detroit. 2013. Damion plays with a homemade bow and arrow... 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. Batiste, Oklahoma. 2014. The home of the grandmother of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Louisville, KY. 2015. Wyandotte, the neighborhood on the... 

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USA. 2013. 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. San Antonia, Texas. 2014. Bobby Henline and his son. Henline... 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. NYC. 2014. A display at the 9/11 museum at Ground Zero in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2016

GREECE. Idomeni. 2016. Refugees in front of the border fence... 

Peter van Agtmael 2019

USA. North Ogden, Utah. 2019. Jennie Taylor measures a tombstone... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

Iraq. Baqofa. 2015. A bullet wound on the arm of Raed Sabah Matt,... 
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