Comments on: A Drive Through Baghdad

By: Jakob

Jakob — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:10:23 +0000

This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title A Drive Through Baghdad. Thanks for informative article

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:26:23 +0000

Why is there not more outrage? WHy is even this so distant and objective? NPR made me ill there was no sickened feeling from the interviewer.

By: Lucy M

Lucy M — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:19:37 +0000

Looks like even honest comment cannot filter through those censors.
Thanks NPR for the rare opportunity that gave me a chance to hear Chris’ interview.

By: Lucy M

Lucy M — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:15:51 +0000

Dear Chris,
Saturday morning now and I went back to Archives to retrieve the interview I heard with you on NPR. Can’t tell you how refreshing it was to get a sense of true fairness in reporting. It is so dismaying to know that even NPR programs most of their news with the left leaning slant so most of it comes out propagandizing to fit their biased view. I feel sorry for our troops who rarely get credit for all their accomplishments with news that only paints the gory side of war. I think freedom of speech that our founders so carefully crafted into our constitution, expected freedom of hearing from fair minded peoples. Stay safe, and thank God there are people like you willing to sacrifice your life and show another view. Yours, somehow got through the Media’s censors!

By: Andrew Craft

Andrew Craft — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:10:57 +0000

Strange coincidence I was in Iraq at the same time as you and I shoot a series of photos similar to yours.
Here is the link.
http://www.acraftphoto.com/slideshows/humvee_tv/index.html

By: Jessamyn Lovell

Jessamyn Lovell — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:11:35 +0000

Dear Chris:

I heard your interview and looked at your images over and over. I am so blown away by how intense each experience you photograph must be. I have a deep respect for what you are doing. I am a photographer who would like to travel to Iraq to do a documentary project about the effect of war on families. I am applying for grants but have never traveled to a war zone. These images give me a sense of how difficult it must be. I hope to do work nearly as poweful as yours.

Best,
Jessamyn

By: christine alexio

christine alexio — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:28:02 +0000

Dear Chris, On Monday I heard you on National Public Radio, on Morning Addition. I called the station and they said if I mailed them my information, they would forward my e-mail to you. We are probably cousins. Please call me, 631 477-0465.
Christine Alexio

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:37:31 +0000

Chris,
I heard your interview on NPR. Your photographs are really amazing. Like Mark said, its hard to really know what things are like in Iraq when the general media don’t often deliver fair descriptions. Its almost refreshing to read your plain but honest description of the drive. I’m glad that there is a creative, talented photographer available to deliver happenings from Iraq. If you ever have time, please email me. I’d love to talk about how you got into your career and things.

-Amy from Virginia

By: Mark Zanzig

Mark Zanzig — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:00:20 +0000

Chris,

thank you very much for that brief glimpse into your daily life. In fact, I have often wondered how “real life” actually is like in Baghdad when watching TV news, but TV news simply can’t deliver that. It’s too fast. It takes well crafted words and excellent photos to create an image of a situation, making people envision things, and you do it excellently. Congrats! Reading your blog post, I now can =see= Wadeen and you driving through Baghdad and talking about getting your eyes lasered. (A friend of mine did that operation in Munich. Everything went well, and he is soo happy that he’s done it!) While I certainly would not want to switch with you (and vice versa , I would like to thank you for that post. Keep up the good work!

– Mark, with a smile from Munich, Germany