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Foreign Policy: Heavy Metal In Hipstamatic

A U.S. Marine from Battalion 1/8 inspects the optics of his rifle on Patrol Base Talibjan in Helmand province, before going on an operation on Jan. 21.
Teru Kuwayama
A U.S. Marine from Battalion 1/8 inspects the optics of his rifle on Patrol Base Talibjan in Helmand province, before going on an operation on Jan. 21.

Teru Kuwayama is a photographer based in New York. A selection of his photos are now featured in a digital book. Basetrackis supported by a 2010 News Challengegrantfrom the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Foreign Policy is pleased to present this unique and remarkable collection of photographs, largely taken on iPhones (using an app called Hipstamatic that allows users to digitally manipulate "lenses," "flashes," and "film"), of the lives of U.S. Marines in Helmand province in 2010 and 2011 and of the Afghans they interacted with. It is by no means a comprehensive look at 10 years of war, but rather an evocative and profound slice of life — at the beginning of the end of the longest conflict in U.S. history. This is part two of a five-part series.

To view the rest of this photo essay visit Foreign Policy.

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TERU KUWAYAMA