abcnews.go.com: "New York artist Steve Mumford until recently was a combat artist in Iraq. He was embedded — just like news reporters and photographers — with the Army's Third Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Ga.

"I've been trying to paint or depict scenes that show some sort of dramatic narratives involving human emotions," said Mumford, who started drawing as a child. "Probably that's what attracted me to the war. In a sense, war is the ultimate dramatic human narrative — certainly one of them."

When Mumford arrived in Baghdad, the city had already fallen to American forces. He spent a couple of days getting his bearings, found the Third ID, and approached the unit's commander." Read on

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dradio.de: "Im April 2003 reiste der New Yorker Zeichner Steve Mumford in den Irak und durfte dort die US-Armee begleiten. Seine Eindrücke von den Razzien und Gefechten, aber auch vom banalen Alltag der US-Soldaten hat er in Bildern festgehalten. Auf eindrückliche Weise geben sie die bedrückende Atmosphäre eines Alltags im Ausnahmezustand wieder." Weiter

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