Witness Iraq

Witness Iraq (First Edition Photojournalist Record of the 2003 Iraq War)

A Photojournalists' Record of the Opening Weeks of the 2003 Iraq Invasion, Edited by Marcel Saba

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Witness Iraq: A War Journal, February-April 2003
• Editor: Marcel Saba
• Publisher: powerHouse Books, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2003
• ISBN-13: 9781576872000
• ISBN-10: 1576872009
• Edition Details: First Edition.
• Binding: Publisher's pictorial hardcover with laminated printed boards, spine lettered in cream. Illustrated front board of a soldier's helmet and rifle on sand; back board showing two soldiers in a dust cloud.
• Physical Format: Large quarto-format photographic book, 208 pages, approximately 9.2 x 12.75 inches. Full-page colour photographs with captions giving place, date and context.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: Dark pictorial laminated boards, generally sound and square. There is a small white scuff or chip on the back board near the spine joint edge, and a visible bump with slight lifting and wear at a lower corner of the front board. Light rubbing to the edges. A price and ISBN barcode sticker remains on the lower right of the back board. The spine lettering in cream is clear.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright with full-colour photographic plates. The binding is tight. No foxing, marking or writing seen.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued). The book was issued with pictorially printed boards and no separate dust jacket.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Witness Iraq: A War Journal, February-April 2003 is a large-format photographic record of the US-led invasion of Iraq, published by powerHouse Books in New York in 2003. Edited by Marcel Saba, it gathers images by photojournalists working for the major news agencies, each accompanied by a short caption giving place, date and context.

The pictures follow the lightning-swift campaign from the opening strikes through to the fall of Baghdad, presenting the war as seen by the photographers who were there. The publisher describes most of the photographs as previously unseen. Libraries catalogue the book under the subject heading Iraq War, 2003-2011, Pictorial works.

As a contemporary visual document of a conflict that reshaped the modern Middle East, it is of interest to collectors of modern military photography and conflict photojournalism. This is a collectible second-hand copy, offered in the original pictorial boards as issued.

Author Profile: Marcel Saba

Marcel Saba is a photo editor and agency founder. He began his career at Gamma Liaison and from 1989 ran his own agency, SABA Press Photos. He later served as Global Editorial Director at Corbis from 2000 to 2002, and founded Redux Pictures in 2003.

He has served as President of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund and has taught at the International Center of Photography. Other books he has helped produce or edit include Sarajevo, Christmas Around the World, Acts of Charity and American Youth.

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