Working in Iraq

In a week that two Reuters staff were killed in Baghdad, Michael Kamber (New York Times photojournalist) writes about his experience of the inner workings and restrictions of the embed process in Iraq and discusses the new embed rules banning pictures of dead US soldiers being published which brings up a number of important questions:

"What would our collective photographic history of World War II look like if Robert Capa was forced to chase stretchers down Omaha Beach on D-Day trying to get releases? What would our history of Vietnam be if Tim Page or Don McCullin carried a clipboard as they worked and presented it for signatures at Khe Sanh or Hué?"

You can also read about WpN photographer Danfung Dennis's recent experiences working in Iraq and Getty Staff Photographer, Chris Hondros's trip here.