The Frontline Club, a hub for independent journalists in London, today announced the winner of its 2008 award: the Russian photographer Yuri Kozyrev, “for his exceptional coverage of the Iraq war.”
Even as the conflict has faded from the headlines amid global financial meltdown and hopes that the “surge” of 2007 had established the foundations for peace, Iraqis have continued to battle terror, not just economic recession.
Today, 21 people died in a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, and more than 85 were injured.
Kozyrev’s eloquent photo essay for Time magazine, from the early days of war in 2003, is well worth a look.
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