Iraq: The Space Between
Christoph Bangert, born in Daun, Germany in 1978, studied mechanical engineering at the Universität Karlsruhe, photography at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, and photojournalism at the International Center of Photography, New York. He worked as a freelance photographer for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and covered the war in Iraq forThe New York Times. His work has been published inStern,Time,Newsweek,The New York Times Magazine,GEO,Der Spiegel,Neon,PDN,VICE,Days Japan,Sports Illustrated, andTagesanzeiger Zürich. He is part of the Regeneration exhibition and book project created by theMusée de l’Elysée,Lausanne,Switzerland, and was chosen both as one of 50 young photographers worldwide, representing all genres of photography, to shape the future of the medium in the next 25 years and as one ofPhoto District News’ "30 Under 30". Christoph Bangert is the author ofTravel Notes(powerHouse Books, 2006), his account of a six-month long overland journey from Buenos Aires to New York. He currently lives in Brooklyn.Jon Lee Andersonhas been writing forThe New Yorkersince 1998. He has reported frequently from Iraq and has covered the conflicts in Afghanistan and Lebanon. He has also reported from Liberia, Angola, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran, among other places. He has written numerous profiles of political and cultural leaders, including Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Augusto Pinochet, Gabriel García Márquez, King Juan Carlos, Hamid Karzai, and Jalal Talabani. Anderson is the author of several books and his work has been published inThe New York Times,The Los Angeles Times,Harper’s,The Financial Times,The Guardian,El Pais, and other journals. He currently lives in Dorset, England, with his wife and three children.