my photography journal ([info]lowflyingsquab) wrote,
@ 2009-01-22 21:00:00
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hands, part 20
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the hands of an Iraqi diesel mechanic who, while working as a contractor for the US army, was kidnapped and tortured, and escaped the night before he was to be beheaded. he is now a refugee in the US.

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(Anonymous)
2009-01-23 05:24 am UTC (link)
Am curious.... did you pick the pose or did he? Very moving. ~A

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[info]lowflyingsquab
2009-01-23 11:02 pm UTC (link)
I asked him to show me his hands, and this is what he did, like they just automatically went to that position.

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[info]fulguritus
2009-01-23 05:30 am UTC (link)
Oh wow. Beautiful hands too.

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[info]lowflyingsquab
2009-01-23 11:02 pm UTC (link)
It's quite a story. I'll post more about it next week.

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[info]machineplay
2009-01-23 05:31 am UTC (link)
I'm glad those hands are here, and that you photographed them.

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[info]lowflyingsquab
2009-01-23 11:03 pm UTC (link)
I'm glad they're here too. He's a good guy, and I am happy he made it.

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[info]fivecats
2009-01-23 03:13 pm UTC (link)
just. wow.

i hope he's doing well and that we're going to make him a US citizen. soon.

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[info]lowflyingsquab
2009-01-23 11:04 pm UTC (link)
He's doing good--has his family here, going to school, and learning the ways of the US. This was from a shoot I did for a news magazine. The story will be published next week, and I'll post a link to it.

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[info]zhenzhi
2009-01-24 02:36 am UTC (link)
your hands photos are really something. i love them. :-)

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