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In the Eye of Desert Storm: Photographers of the Gulf War Paperback – January 1, 1991

by Sygma Photographers (Author)

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Uses photographs to document Operation Desert Storm

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These 189 bold, colorful pictures, taken by 24 photographers of the international Sygma photo agency, concentrate on the more romantic qualities of the Gulf clash: hearty, sunburned American soldiers; tearful good-byes against the backdrop of an imposing warship; "the latest in electronic countermeasure aircraft"; and the expectant faces of family members awaiting the arrival of their sons and daughters from the Persian Gulf. To be sure, there are also depictions of bombed-out buildings, dead Iraqis and Kuwaitis (a carved-up body lying in a morgue, charred remains strewn amid debris on the Highway of Death), burning oil wells and oil-soaked marine life, but this volume is less about the "profanity" of war, as Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, ironically, calls it, than it is about, in Bryan's ( Friendly Fire ) words, the "beauty" that is to be found in "images of such destruction." Generous, informative captions give the context of each picture, usually with a quote from the photographers telling how they managed to circumvent military security (Sygma photographers worked outside the U.S. Department of Defense's news pool) to get the shot.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N Abrams Inc (January 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810924900
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810924901
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.25 x 0.5 x 10 inches

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James D. Crabtree

An excellent book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 8, 2007

The photography in this book is extremely impressive. Man of the pictures are unique, one-of-a-kind shots of aspects of the war that are often forgotten now. I consider this an important part of my Desert Storm collect, although there does seem to be some political aspects to some of the pictures chosen for this collection.

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Pictures of a war...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 5, 2008

1991's "In The Eye of Desert Storm" is a collection of outstanding photographs taken by members of the Sygma Photo News Agency during the conduct of Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM in 1990-1991. The Sygma photographers declined to join the DoD pool of journalists and struck out on their own, taking some significant individual risks but in general coming back with some greatresults.

"In The Eye of Desert Storm" is a coffee-table picture book telling the story of the First Gulf War in pictures, with minimal text. The build-up of Allied forces in Saudi Arabia, the counteroffensive into Kuwait and its liberation, the aftermath of combat, and the return of soldiers to their homes is documented in just under 200 excellent, often evocative photos.

The introductory essay by C.D.B Bryan is another story. It decries restrictions on the movement of journalists in the theater and the supposedly overly sanitized version of the war that was presented to the world. Any impact this essay might have is undermined by Bryan's reluctance to grant any moral distinctions between the members of the coalition and their Iraqi opponents, without whose brutal occupation of Kuwait there would have been no war.

Recommended for the pictures.

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