Feedly Response #5

The initial picture I saw of this series immediately got my attention because it was not a wartime photo most are used to seeing. Once I began to read into the project I enjoyed it very much. The artist Vladimir Vyatkin, a Russian photographer created the series called Soldiers on Duty. Being very passionate about his work, I saw a type of photography I've never seen before. Focusing on the conflicts and humanitarian consequences of war, a series emerged showing a different side of soldiers lives. Thinking that photography as mysticism and a way to identify and exploit problems of the world, Vyatkin gives viewers a look into soldiers, from multiple counties, lives beyond the fighting and the brutality that is usually seen.

I very much enjoyed the wide variety of photographs that are included in the series. I like that most of the photos aren't of fighting in the moments but more of the aftermath, soldiers changing, smiling or sleeping, or of other events like protests and meals for the poor. It is a very real aspect of life during wartimes but not what most people think of and is often over looked. These moments are just and important to see as citizens at home. Soldiers fighting for our country aren't just fighting but they are having to live and survive like they would if they were at home. I think that it shows that war effects more than those fighting for a victory and more of themselves are involved in war that many think and Vyatkin shows that in his work, in an admirable way.  

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