Conflict photographer Rafiq Maqbool

[Robb]

I know next to nothing about this photographer, other than he got a lot of Page 1 this week with what we can all recognize as a "lucky" Christmas Day shot:

Spc. Charles Moore, left, of Angleton, Texas.,along with Spc Andrew Vanderhaeghen of Rochester, MN., of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 return fire upon a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Out Post Badel in easteran Afghanistan near Pakistan border on Saturday, Dec 25, 2010.

So I started to look at his work. Amazing stuff, worth a Google, but here's a few stand-outs of his, for me.



A U.S. soldier pays tribute to fallen colleagues at a war memorial at a base in Orgun-E in eastern Afghanistan Feb. 15.


Afghan man prays in the first Friday of Ramadan in Kabul mosque.



People smear colored powder on each other during Holi festivities in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 1, 2010. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also heralds the coming of spring, is being celebrated across the country.


Mumbai, India: Boys play in smoke rising from an area fumigated by a health worker


Afghan body builder flexes his muscles as he makes preparations to participate in the Mr Afghanistan national bodybuilding competition in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan


Afghan boys play in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 24, 2010.


Afghan man waits with his sick child to be seen at clinic

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. what an odd pic the first one is

was the Taliban above them? how? air power?

[ManiacJoe]

2. 2 or 3 story building?

Roof of a 1 story building?

[Robb]

3. Hills. It's a fire base in a sort of valley, I think.

[Stevenmarc]

4. A little bit about him

It takes a little time to load

http://www.betterphotography.in/showstory.php?storyid=236

[Robb]

6. Thanks for that, I wasn't patient enough.

:D

[alfredo]

5. He's very good.

[Alameda]

7. Wow, his work is fantastic!

Thank you for sharing. I have looked up more of his work and read his story. I'd love to see more of his work. His compositions are very interesting and his use of light is dramatic. He has had no formal training either. Rather, he learned by doing it.