October 9th, 2009
When you picture Iraq – what do you see ?
I pictured bombs blowing up, desolate dirt roads with humvees patrolling.
hardly the truth.
I met one of the most kind, beautiful cultures i’ve ever experienced in the world - Northern Iraq (Kurdistan ). They love America and expressed their gratitude in sending our men to free them from the Saddam Regime. The Kurdish people have lived through war and persecution, yet they are now living in freedom – freedom to study, freedom to dream, freedom to live in peace.
http://www.global-hope.org ( find out about what Global Hope is doing in Kurdistan and how you can help )
also.. there will be a book coming out with the stories and photos galore. so keep your ears open for it in the future.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Gorgeous shots, Esther! I love the portraits. So good.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Beautiful photos! Thanks for posting these. I would like to hear more about how you captured some of these shots (where they were captured, who you photographed, how you found the people, locations, etc). Perhaps a future blog post?
October 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
I can not tell you how much this post warmed my heart. I love that you captured all the joy that they still have!!!!!
October 9th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Wow… gorgeous images. I’m headed to Sudan at the end of the month & your stuff has me even more pumped to go & engage with people. Thank you.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Your pictures tell the whole story! Love it!
October 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am
amazing!
October 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Wow, Esther. Beautiful images. Great story.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:57 am
I now have a favorite photograph of a rooster…the dominoes shot is my favorite hands down though
October 9th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Wow these are amazing pictures. So much different that what we see every day in the media. Thanks for sharing these with us all.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
What a beautiful people. These photos are absolutely wonderful! You’ve really captured an emotion that most of us don’t get to see. Thank you!
October 11th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I love these. The Kurds are special people.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Excellent work on all this! Very impressive to see how much time you put into this.
April 13th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
these are AMAZING! such beautiful people…and such different images than what the media shows. Thank you for sharing these.