Iraq Digital Photo Archive At

Juan Cole 12/23/2004

Iraq Digital Photo Archive at Washington Post

The Washington Post online is setting up what is essentially a digital photograph archive for the US soldiers in Iraq, called “Duty in Iraq.” This archive could end up being of great historical importance, and I hope readers will be generous with their photos.

Another interesting use of photographs for commentary on the various Middle East crises is Doublequotes, which does something interesting today with the Saudi and Israeli flags, issues of sacredness, and the torture techniques at Gitmo.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page