Marines in Afghanistan

Kav · Sep 17, 2015

One of my large format photos from Afghanistan, Marine Helicopter Maintainers in Afghanistan.

Sinar F2, Nikon 210mm f5.6, Kodak Portra 160.

I've finally got my film scanned. So now I can share them.

BradS · Sep 18, 2015

Awsome! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more.

Thank you for your service and, welcome home!

Bill Burk · Sep 18, 2015

Nice Kav!

Is this a recent tour? Or working through a backlog?

winger · Sep 18, 2015

Cool! Thank you for your service!

Sirius Glass · Sep 18, 2015

Thank you for your service!

David A. Goldfarb · Sep 18, 2015

Very cool and evocative of the Speed Graphic era!

RalphLambrecht · Sep 19, 2015

BradS said:
Awsome! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more.

Thank you for your service and, welcome home!

Please share them someplace else

removed account4 · Sep 19, 2015

Kav said:
One of my large format photos from Afghanistan, Marine Helicopter Maintainers in Afghanistan.

Sinar F2, Nikon 210mm f5.6, Kodak Portra 160.

I've finally got my film scanned. So now I can share them.

really nice group portrait !

its great seeing more of your work here
very different than your direct postives

and thanks again for your service !

john

Nodda Duma · Sep 19, 2015

I'd prefer to see more

Kav · Sep 20, 2015

Thanks all, to answer a few questions; this was from 2013. I was invited to The National Museum of The Marine Corps to scan my large format negatives with their scanners and also ended up shooting a huge panoramic of Arlington National Cemetery on behalf of the museum. It's a 222 shot digital panoramic, so can't share it here. But they loved it. I have a few more I can share as I work through the photos. I feel I was very lucky to get a chance to scan some of my LF work. I was also able to help them scan some of their archives from the Beirut Bombing, LA Riots, and first Gulf War. Photos that haven't seen the light of day in years.

Here is a stateside Speed Graphic photo shot with flashbulbs to hold you over while I finish a big move, and can get settled in to work on more photos.

The camera came from the USS Alabama (BB-60).

Gerald C Koch · Sep 25, 2017

Nodda Duma said:
I'd prefer to see more

Can we have some more please.

Hatchetman · Sep 25, 2017

Very reminiscent of WWII photos. Thanks for sharing!

gr82bart · Sep 25, 2017

Fantastic images. I too would love to see more. I've always wanted to embed in a war zone. Going to have to live that vicariously through you. Very cool.

Regards, Art

Bob Carnie · Sep 26, 2017

gr82bart said:
Fantastic images. I too would love to see more. I've always wanted to embed in a war zone. Going to have to live that vicariously through you. Very cool.

Regards, Art

Hi Art

Someday I will introduce you to Rita, and she can share work she did in War Zones. Next time you grace me with your presence (always a highlight of my month) I will show you some of the prisoner series I have printed for her in palladium and gum.

Bob

piffey · Sep 26, 2017

Looking forward to more photos here. Replying to this thread so I can get notifications. Thank you for sharing.

Kav · Sep 27, 2017

I retired a few years ago, And haven't done much shooting. But here's a few large format ones I don't think I've shared here. I'll dig up the Afghan ones too:

Press Camera and flashbulbs in Nevada

Press Camera and flashbulbs in over Nevada.

Sinar F2 Photobombing in Afghanistan

Press Camera over Djibouti, Africa.

I really need to find a way to shoot more photos like these. It was a really great time

winger · Sep 27, 2017

I really like the last two especially. Thank you for sharing these!

NJH · Sep 27, 2017

Thank you Kav, the look and feel of these images could easily come from another time, the light tones and subtle gradation a lovely reminder of just how differently analog can render such scenes.

Kav · Oct 1, 2017

I'm glad you all are enjoying them. Here's a few more Large format ones:

Sinar F2, Afghanistan

Press Camera, Lake Assal This Marine just reenlisted and wanted to do it at the lowest point in Africa. So this is 509 feet below sea level.

Sinar F2, Afghanistan

Sinar F2, Afghanistan

I really had a great time working with all of these Marines the world over.

BrianVS · Oct 1, 2017

Thankyou for posting these- I'm watching for the opening of the new sections at the Marine Museum in Quantico. There is a smaller display of pictures from AF now, any of yours on display now? The new section will allow more to be displayed. These should be...

"The camera came from the USS Alabama"- wow. That's as old as the one that the Marine Museum has on display in the Iwo Jima section.

removed account4 · Oct 1, 2017

thanks again kav !
the LOC is lucky to have had
you be able to do this work for them

john

Kav · Oct 1, 2017

BrianVS said:
Thankyou for posting these- I'm watching for the opening of the new sections at the Marine Museum in Quantico. There is a smaller display of pictures from AF now, any of yours on display now? The new section will allow more to be displayed. These should be...

"The camera came from the USS Alabama"- wow. That's as old as the one that the Marine Museum has on display in the Iwo Jima section.

There might be a few of my photos in the small AF display. But there will be several on the new part of the Museum.

Here's a digital one that was shot for them. It is not cropped:

fotografnunta · Jan 26, 2018

Nice ones!

RalphLambrecht · Jan 27, 2018

Kav said:
One of my large format photos from Afghanistan, Marine Helicopter Maintainers in Afghanistan.

Sinar F2, Nikon 210mm f5.6, Kodak Portra 160.

I've finally got my film scanned. So now I can share them.

the guy in the middle looks like McVain,the Oklahoma bomber.

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