{"product_id":"suzanne-opton-soldier-many-wars-9780983394204","title":"Suzanne Opton: Soldier  Many Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the two series collected in this volume  Soldierand Many Wars  photographer Suzanne Opton (born 1954) photographs a range of American soldiers close up  with their heads resting on tabletops  and American veterans draped in cloth blankets. The subjects of the Soldier series are all young  active-duty soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars  and the photographs were presented as billboards in nine American cities from 2008 through 2010. Reviewing them for The New York Times  photography critic Vince Aletti wrote: The posture is vulnerable and startlingly intimate  as if these young men and women were facing someone in bed or on a stretcher... Opton catches soldiers both on guard and off  looking out and inward simultaneously  and we can only imagine what theyre thinking  what theyve done  and what they dread. The project received extensive press coverage and even sparked a heated debate about Americas image of the military. The Many Wars series presents portraits of veterans from American wars over the past 70 years. Through interviews by the photographer  we learn how the wars have affected their lives. Both bodies of work were selected by Martin Paar for the Brighton Photo Biennial in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67929907888181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0983394202","price":100.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780983394204.jpg?v=1794200804","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/suzanne-opton-soldier-many-wars-9780983394204","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}