Defense Language is comprised of photographs from the project Simulating Iraq. The photographs show costumed role-players, elaborate Hollywood-inspired sets and staged tableaus on military bases across the United States. I embedded myself on these bases between 2006 and 2023 to explore the depiction of Arabs and Muslims during counterinsurgency training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Published November 2025 by GOST Books
11 x 9 inches
192pp, 136 images
Hardback
ISBN 978-1-915423-98-6
Defense Language is comprised of photographs from the project Simulating Iraq. The photographs show costumed role-players, elaborate Hollywood-inspired sets and staged tableaus on military bases across the United States. I embedded myself on these bases between 2006 and 2023 to explore the depiction of Arabs and Muslims during counterinsurgency training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Published November 2025 by GOST Books
11 x 9 inches
192pp, 136 images
Hardback
ISBN 978-1-915423-98-6
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