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Ashley Gilbertson Ashley Griggs. Ashley Gilbertson He was born January 22, 1978 (Which makes him 36 years old.) He was born in Australia, but currently.

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1 Ashley Gilbertson Ashley Griggs

2 Ashley Gilbertson He was born January 22, 1978 (Which makes him 36 years old.) He was born in Australia, but currently he lives in New York City. With his wife and son.

3 Ashley Gilbertson Speaks About Whiskey Tango Foxtrot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ_MmVm QSOI

4 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot The Kosovar fugees whom were granted safe haven in Australia greatly influenced him and he began photographing the people affected by war. He worked in Iraq from 2002 to 2008 taking pictures of what he saw there. The pictures that he captured during this time were published into his first book entitled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

5 A Black Hawk helicopter carring an American General momentarily blocks the sun of a group of Polish soldiers tanning themselves on a base in Karbala, Iraq on May 3, 2004. ( Digital Photograph)

6 Marines treat a family who were shot as they tried to flee fighting in Falluja on November 12, 2004. (Digital Photograph)

7 Iraqi's attempt to extinguish a van that caught fire on Saadoun Street, in Baghdad, Iraq on May 30, 2004. (Digital Photography)

8 Marines rest in a mosque after a heavy night of house-to-house fighting and an ambush that killed one marine and wounded seven more during the battle for Falluja in 2004. To the right, Brown and Miller sleep. They were both killed by the end of the week…(Digital Photography)

9 American soldiers rarely get a chance to study a dead Mahdi Army fighter. The insurgents usually duck in and out of soldiers lines of sight. The soldiers are curious to see the human face of their enemy, especially when they're dead. In accordance with army policy, dead are left on the street for Iraqi's to recover and bury, "They clean up their own." said one soldier. Approximately shot in Nov. 2004 (Digital Photography)

10 Award selection: 2011 » First Place, ASME National Magazine Award » Photo District News, Photo Annual » Finalist, Art Directors Club of America 2010 » Photo District News, Photo Annual 2008 » The Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction 2007 » Honorable Mention, Association of American Publishers 2006 » Honorable mention, Pictures Of The Year International 2005 » The Robert Capa Gold Medal, Overseas Press Club » Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo » Honorable Mention, Best of Photojournalism, NPPA 2004 » 30 Under 30 Emerging Photographers, Photo District News

11 Bedrooms of the Fallen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUlxtpiNgbw


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