PHOTO-BLOG: PICTURES OF BAGHDAD—ABOUT COMMUNICATING

Sometimes it is far simpler to show a visual rather than say something. I’ll simply write some short captions for the four photos to follow.

The first is of some graffiti that caught my eye just because it was beautiful. I’ve always been a student of type fonts and symbols of communication in various forms. But this lettering, in bright red against a white wall transcends its written message and becomes art—also, that might be because I can’t read Arabic.

This photo was one of many shot from the front seat of our Suburban—which explains the tinted sun-shade across the top of the photo. I took the shot of the regal-looking statue in the center of the circle and it wasn’t until I saw the picture on the computer screen later that I noticed the satellite dish in the truck.

Sergeant Irving, glaring into the camera here, was saying something—I’m not sure what—with his eyes.

This picture needs no explanation.