Tintypes From Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Ed Drew, photographer and California Air National Guard aerial gunner, got his fellow soliders to sit for tintypes, a very slow and methodical type of photography, taking around 40 minutes for each photo. The results are so beautiful and interesting, both modern and vintage, and somehow capture the grit of war far better than HD colour. 

The World Around Me: Afghanistan 2012-2013

Alcone Levier, of the US Army, took a camera with him on a whim to Afghanistan and recently posted an album to reddit. Some of them are beautiful. 

Photographers and Their Photographs

Powerful images.

Here's a massive version.