Soldiers' portraits before, during and after war
Photographer Lalage Snow's powerful series of triptychs titled We Are The Not Dead
depict the faces of British servicemen before, during and after (left
to right) their deployment to Afghanistan, spanning a period of seven
months. The images are as striking as they are revealing, highlighting
not only the physical
transformations but the emotional
ones, as well.
Lalage Snow is a photographer, journalist and filmmaker currently based in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Private Chris MacGregor, 24: "My
legs just gave up. I think it was the weight – 135 pounds or something. I
just had to accept, my body was telling me to give up as I had pushed
it. I was telling it to go, it was telling me to stop. When squaddies
come back they still have a lot of adrenaline and anger in them. I had
to have anger management after Iraq...The first thing I did when I came
back, apart from kissing and cuddling the misses and my bairn, was go for a massive walk with the dogs. I walked for miles and miles not caring where I stepped."
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