made portraits of our wounded
soldiers at the military hospital in
Maiduguri, one of the soldiers
made a statement that I haven't
been able to shake off, " one way
you know a soldier has been hit
is that they suddenly start
shouting out names of family
members.
"This statement kept playing over
and again in my mind, especially
when I got the most colourful
welcome from my family, barely a
week away on this journey.Many
soldiers, play this long overdue
welcome party in their heads
daily, and the sad thing is that for
some, it may never happen.
I had long conversations with
soldiers about how they got
wounded in battle.They told me
how grateful they were to be
alive, some of their colleagues
weren't as lucky. I also got to
speak with medical personnel, on
the uniqueness of their work in a
war against terror. I'll share all
their stories here and start by
introducing Soldier X, who I
never met, but made a
photograph of his Xray .An anti
aircraft bullet, big and strong
enough to tear through the
titanium body of an airplane, was
lodged in his throat, and for
some reason, it didn't blow his
head off, this soldier lived
through his surgery and got to
take the removed bullet home as
a reminder. This is a wicked
wicked war!Why would anyone
chose weapons made to attack
war planes and use it on a fellow
human ... At close range ..Even in
war there should be rules.
Lieutenant Ologodo told me
something really important, that
if you don't believe in God,
working here will make a convert
out of you, the frequency of
witnessing the darkest of evil
deeds, along side what can only
be miraculous, will open your
heart somehow.This is such a
brutally wicked war !#
tybellophotography #portrait#
unknown soldier #Nigerianarmy
#bokoharam #woundedsoldier
#borno #war#waronterror
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