kaiser soze
05-09-2010, 01:29 PM
Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson provides a glimpse into the private and expressive lives through the bedrooms soldiers who have perished left behind....connecting their lives at home to the lives they lost in war.
For the past three years photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson has been exploring the bedrooms left behind by U.S. soldiers who won’t ever return. In his recent work, entitled Bedrooms of the Fallen, Gilbertson visited with 19 parents who have kept the rooms intact. “To me this is not just a space in family homes, this is a space in our society,” said Gilberston. After eight years of covering the war, I set about to document its aftermath. He spent much time at the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D. C. Gilbertson’s wife, Joanna, soon suggested that he photograph the bedrooms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUlxtpiNgbw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.bedroomsofthefallen.com/
End these fucking wars already - how many more empty bedrooms do our mothers need to walk by everyday?
For the past three years photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson has been exploring the bedrooms left behind by U.S. soldiers who won’t ever return. In his recent work, entitled Bedrooms of the Fallen, Gilbertson visited with 19 parents who have kept the rooms intact. “To me this is not just a space in family homes, this is a space in our society,” said Gilberston. After eight years of covering the war, I set about to document its aftermath. He spent much time at the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D. C. Gilbertson’s wife, Joanna, soon suggested that he photograph the bedrooms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUlxtpiNgbw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.bedroomsofthefallen.com/
End these fucking wars already - how many more empty bedrooms do our mothers need to walk by everyday?