Photos

The pictures below were taken as part of the Argust 5th event run by the Argus Collecters Group. All pictures were taken in Iraq on August 5th, 2005 by me. I used a pre-war Argus A2B camera with Kodak Professional T400 CN film (B&W film for C-41 processing). The vignetting evident in some of the pictures was most likely caused by ambient dust (as fine as baby powder) settling on the lens. Had the lens been clean, the film would have been exposed evenly throughout the negative.

Many thanks to James Surprenant for helping me get these pictures processed and posted despite the fact that I was in Iraq. Visit his excellent website by clicking the link below:
http://www.surprenantphoto.com.

A captured Iraqi jeep that was used as a target on an M16/M249 rifle range.
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My M998 Humvee configured like a pick-up truck and modified with an after-market armor kit.
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A warning sign on the FOB (Forward Operating Base).
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Another view of the warning sign.
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The burn pit used for getting rid of trash on the FOB.
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The sign that welcomes you to the burn pit.
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The ruins of a mud-brick building.
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Some thin weeds and a set of stairs that lead to nowhere.
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Massive fuel pods used to store jet fuel on an old Iraqi airbase.
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Graffiti on the side of an old shipping container.
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The cab of an Iraqi truck in the boneyard (the on-post junkyard).
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Looking through the cab of a trashed Iraqi truck.
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The tip of a rocket (or a jet plane?) sitting among other junk in the boneyard.
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Another view of the strange rocket (or jet plane) tip.
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Another view of the boneyard.
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A spent (empty) rocket launcher discarded in the boneyard.
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An abandoned building on an Iraqi airbase.
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Another bunker on an old Iraqi airbase.
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A bunker that has been overgrown with weeds.
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Blackhawks waiting to fly.
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Dying trees in a field of weeds.
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An American roadsign next to an Iraqi fighterbase sign.
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A 5-ton truck with after-market armor prepares for a convoy.
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The old (and very hazardous) retail refuel site.
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All of the photographs above are copyrighted by Hrad A. Kuzyk unless otherwise indicated. Unauthorized use is forbidden.