War Photography: The Frontline And The Homefront

By Steve Kraske,

Will Trumper

Published April 27, 2015 at 2:23 PM CDT

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Gilbertson captured an explosion on the streets of Baghdad.

Ashley Gilbertson

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This is Gilbertson's most iconic photo of a soldier sliding down the rail of Saddam Hussein's palace in Tikrit.

Ashley Gilbertson

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Lynsey Addario photographed conflicts in Afghanistan and other countries around the world.

Lynsey Addario

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Syrian refugees collect their daily bread ration.

Lynsey Addario

When heading into a war zone, not many choose a camera over a rifle. This edition of Up To Date explores the lives of two war photographers who covered conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in the States.

Guests:

Ashley Gilbertson is the author of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War. He examines the bedrooms of fallen American soldiers in the photo-series "Bedrooms of the Fallen".
Lynsey Addario contributes to The New York Times, Time Magazine, and National Geographic. Her new book is It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War.

To hear more from Ashley Gilbertson, he will present his photo-series Bedrooms of the Fallen at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Auditorium at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 30th.