Magnum Photos

Book - Disco Night Sept 11 

Peter van Agtmael 

Disco Night Sept. 11 is a chronicle of America's wars from 2006-2013. The photographs shift back and forth from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the USA, unsparingly capturing the violent, ceaseless cost, but also the mystery and the madness, the beauty and absurdity at the core of each conflict. The narrative is complemented by nineteen gatefolds which elaborate on places and individuals.

Photographs are fragments, sometimes only loosely tied to important experiences. An extensive text records some of the missing pieces. The stories that precede and follow the moment of the photograph, conversations... 

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USA. New York. 2010. A sign outside Arbor Ridge Catering and... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. American Marines of... 

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USA. Fort Irwin, California. 2011. A mock courtroom for soldiers... 

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Iraq. Baghdad. 2010. Living quarters at Camp Liberty, a massive... 

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A flight medic rests and watches TV while waiting for a mission... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. Discarded blast walls outside Forward Operating... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. Al-A’amiriya during a large operation to... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. A man sells inflatable “Tweety Birds” near... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. A car bomb on the streets of Al-A’amiriya—the... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. 

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USA. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 2011. A mannequin used in... 

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USA. Washington D.C. 2009. The National Mall in Washington, D.C.,... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. Bathroom graffiti.

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. Marines on patrol minutes... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. Local Sheikhs arrive at the handover of... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. Bangladeshi contractors take out the garbage... 

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Kuwait. Ali Al Salem. 2010. Ali Al Salem Air Force Base in Kuwait.... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Jalalabad. 2007. Soldiers from the 10th Mountain... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. Media rush to photograph General Ray Odierno,... 

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USA. Fort Hood, Texas. 2011. Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division... 

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USA. Houston, Texas. 2012. 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. A Marine with a village... 

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USA. Fort Hood, Texas. 2011. Soldiers and a reporter wait for... 

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IRAQ. Outside Mosul. 2006.

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KUWAIT. Ali Al Salem. 2006. Graffiti written by soldiers on... 

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AFGHANISTAN. South of Garmsir, Helmand. 2009. Marines swim in... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Garmsir, Helmand. 2009. Marines listen to their... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. A Marine on patrol.... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. An Afghan soldier on... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. The patrol continued... 

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USA. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 2011. A drill sergeant watches... 

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AFGHANISTAN, Mazar-E-Sharif. 2008. A child sleeps during an Afghan... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009.

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USA. Darien, Wisconsin. 2007. Raymond Hubbard was injured in... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. Iraqi policemen and American soldiers wait... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. Children were unpredictable. Usually they’d... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2006. An Iraqi checkpoint in the Adhamiyah neighborhood... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. Most patrols I went on were uneventful. We... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. The intersection below was frequently mined... 

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KUWAIT. Ali Al Salem. 2006. Ali Al Salem Air Force Base in Kuwait... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Aramas, Nuristan. 2007. The Ranch House, a rudimentary... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mazar-E-Sharif. 2008. Local policemen in Mazar-E... 

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USA. New York, New York. 2006. A commercial for a commemorative... 

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USA. Fayetteville, North Carolina. 2008. An Army couple watches... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2006. Daily life continued in Mosul amid the brooding... 

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USA. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 2011. Army recruits on their... 

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USA. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 2011. Recruits take a physical... 

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USA. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 2011. A soldier who sprained... 

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USA. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 2011.

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2012. Two American soldiers wrestle on FOB Falcon,... 

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USA. 2010. Flying over America. 

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AFGHANISTAN. Garmsir, Helmand. 2009. Afghan children watch a... 

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USA. Arlington, Virgina. 2010. A soldier visits Section 60, the... 

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USA. Fort Irwin, Califrnia. 2011. A soldier checks on a comrade... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. Marines advance on... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. Marines rush towards... 

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Marines rush towards a ditch under fire during a large firefight... 

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Marines rush towards a ditch under fire during a large firefight... 

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USA. New York. 2013. One of dozens of sheets of construction... 

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USA. Fort Hood, Texas. 2011. Family members wait to greet their... 
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