Warriors For Peace

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Jon Orlando

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Through the use of intimate portraits and in depth audio interviews, this project will look deeply at the emotions and feelings behind a growing number of veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who have decided to oppose a war they were once a part of. Was it anger at a corrupt system, compassion for those whose country and people they found themselves destroying, a sense of betrayal from the government they were fighting for, or sadness over the level of death and destruction they were a part of? While I aim to document their stories, I have found there is usually one underlying emotion that drives their transformation and it is the emotions that will be highlighted in this project as a means for providing a space for the viewers to relate to the veterans on a very personal level. In creating that space and reintroducing the public to the humanity and emotion of the soldier, this project will challenge the ease with which we accept war.

Biography

Jon Orlando is a documentary and portrait photographer that is inspired by issues of transformation, whether in nature or humans. He aims to document the tensions and potentiality that lie in stories or moments of resistance and re-creation. He has worked for various non-profits both nationally and internationally and his fine art work has appeared in various galleries throughout the U.S. Work from his veterans project was awarded the Viewers Choice Award in the 2008 American Society of Media Photographers Exhibition in conjunction with the Center for Fine Art Photography.

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