Seth Spurgin’s Photographs
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<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33098_img043.rev.1522175064.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33098_img043.rev.1522175064.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33098_img043.rev.1522175064.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33098_img043.rev.1522175064.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33098_img043.rev.1522175064.jpg" width="740" height="488" alt="Photo taken from inside a vehicle. Pictured is a van in front of the photographer and a caravan of camels crossing the road." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33098_img043.rev.1522175064.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33098_img043.rev.1522175064.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3565" data-max-h="2352" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo taken from inside a vehicle. Pictured is a van in front of the photographer and a caravan of camels crossing the road.
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Photo taken from a procession of military vehicles. In the distance is a plume of smoke.
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33100_img049.rev.1522175065.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33100_img049.rev.1522175065.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33100_img049.rev.1522175065.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33100_img049.rev.1522175065.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33100_img049.rev.1522175065.jpg" width="740" height="488" alt="Photo of a road stop. Sign in the photo reads, All weapons must be turned into MPs" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33100_img049.rev.1522175065.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33100_img049.rev.1522175065.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3565" data-max-h="2352" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of a road stop. Sign in the photo reads, "All weapons must be turned into MPs"
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33101_img050.rev.1522175065.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33101_img050.rev.1522175065.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33101_img050.rev.1522175065.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33101_img050.rev.1522175065.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33101_img050.rev.1522175065.jpg" width="740" height="488" alt="Photo of unidentified location. Two helicopters can be seen in the background." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33101_img050.rev.1522175065.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33101_img050.rev.1522175065.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3565" data-max-h="2352" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of unidentified location. Two helicopters can be seen in the background.
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33102_img054.rev.1522175066.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33102_img054.rev.1522175066.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33102_img054.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33102_img054.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33102_img054.rev.1522175066.jpg" width="740" height="489" alt="Photo of four service men playing cards." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33102_img054.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33102_img054.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3562" data-max-h="2354" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of four service men playing cards.
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33103_img056.rev.1522175066.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33103_img056.rev.1522175066.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33103_img056.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33103_img056.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33103_img056.rev.1522175066.jpg" width="740" height="531" alt="Photo of military vehicles parked at what seems to be a base." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33103_img056.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33103_img056.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3333" data-max-h="2392" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of military vehicles parked at what seems to be a base.
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33104_img057.rev.1522175066.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33104_img057.rev.1522175066.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33104_img057.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33104_img057.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33104_img057.rev.1522175066.jpg" width="740" height="488" alt="Photo of soldier drinking what looks like Gatorade while leaning on a Humvee. In the background is a crowd standing near a tank." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33104_img057.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33104_img057.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2335" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of soldier drinking what looks like Gatorade while leaning on a Humvee. In the background is a crowd standing near a tank.
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33105_img062.rev.1522175066.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33105_img062.rev.1522175066.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33105_img062.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33105_img062.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33105_img062.rev.1522175066.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of four soldiers playing cards" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33105_img062.rev.1522175066.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33105_img062.rev.1522175066.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of four soldiers playing cards
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33106_img064.rev.1522175067.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33106_img064.rev.1522175067.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33106_img064.rev.1522175067.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33106_img064.rev.1522175067.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33106_img064.rev.1522175067.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of two soldiers looking over papers" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33106_img064.rev.1522175067.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33106_img064.rev.1522175067.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of two soldiers looking over papers
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33107_img067.rev.1522175067.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33107_img067.rev.1522175067.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33107_img067.rev.1522175067.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33107_img067.rev.1522175067.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33107_img067.rev.1522175067.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of landscape in Iraq" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33107_img067.rev.1522175067.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33107_img067.rev.1522175067.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of landscape in Iraq
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33108_img068.rev.1522175067.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33108_img068.rev.1522175067.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33108_img068.rev.1522175067.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33108_img068.rev.1522175067.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33108_img068.rev.1522175067.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of Humvee procession" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33108_img068.rev.1522175067.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33108_img068.rev.1522175067.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of Humvee procession
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33109_img075.rev.1522175068.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33109_img075.rev.1522175068.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33109_img075.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33109_img075.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33109_img075.rev.1522175068.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of soldier with two Iraqi boys" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33109_img075.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33109_img075.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of soldier with two Iraqi boys
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33110_img077.rev.1522175068.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33110_img077.rev.1522175068.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33110_img077.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33110_img077.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33110_img077.rev.1522175068.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of soldier and four Iraqi boys. The soldier is posed in the Humvee with the boys posed along the side." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33110_img077.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33110_img077.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of soldier and four Iraqi boys. The soldier is posed in the Humvee with the boys posed along the side.
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33111_img081.rev.1522175068.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33111_img081.rev.1522175068.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33111_img081.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33111_img081.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33111_img081.rev.1522175068.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of soldier sitting on top of Humvee" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33111_img081.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33111_img081.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of soldier sitting on top of Humvee
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33112_img082.rev.1522175068.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33112_img082.rev.1522175068.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33112_img082.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33112_img082.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33112_img082.rev.1522175068.jpg" width="740" height="494" alt="Photo of two soldiers standing in front of a Humvee" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33112_img082.rev.1522175068.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33112_img082.rev.1522175068.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3543" data-max-h="2364" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Photo of two soldiers standing in front of a Humvee
Photo taken from inside a vehicle. Pictured is a van in front of the photographer and a caravan of camels crossing the road.
Images in this collection include photographs taken by Spurgin during his service in Iraq.
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Seth T. Spurgin
Army
Specialist
Served in: Iraq War