National Post Graphics Editor in Afghanistan
Richard Johnson, Graphics Editor of the National Post is in Afghanistan! He is illustrating and writing stories of lives caught up in the conflict in Kandahar province. Richard is filing almost daily to his blog, Kandahar Journal, at nationalpost.com, where you will find audio clips of his experiences, illustrations, and commentary on his travels.
He has just spent several days on two patrols with Canadian soldiers from Afghanistan's Forward Operating Base Ma'Sum Ghar. One was a tense patrol searching a village for booby traps, the other collecting dead bodies after a Taliban attack. National Post devoted page A3 to Richard's coverage.
Richard has illustrated war before! When he was at the Detroit Free Press, he went to Iraq with fellow journalist, Jeff Seidel and they produced Portraits of War. Their stories were eventually published into a book.
Through the stories and sketches, he is reminding readers that individuals make up the casualty counts in the news stories they read. He is giving them faces and stories.
Last week Richard's art became main art on A1. He drew two members of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Trooper Steve Davidson and Corporal Wade Wick mourning the death of their friend, Trooper Darryl Caswell, who died in an explosion a few days before.
He has just spent several days on two patrols with Canadian soldiers from Afghanistan's Forward Operating Base Ma'Sum Ghar. One was a tense patrol searching a village for booby traps, the other collecting dead bodies after a Taliban attack. National Post devoted page A3 to Richard's coverage.
From top, counter clockwise, Corporal Jason Sypher is among the Canadians who respond to a report of an attack on an Afghan police check-point. The soldiers walk behind the tanks toward the checkpoint, where they find the bodies of Afghans inside. Their police collegues are somber. Earlier, Master Corporal Darryl McCann was on village patrol. The soldiers met a man and his children, the smallest appears sickly.
Richard has illustrated war before! When he was at the Detroit Free Press, he went to Iraq with fellow journalist, Jeff Seidel and they produced Portraits of War. Their stories were eventually published into a book.
Through the stories and sketches, he is reminding readers that individuals make up the casualty counts in the news stories they read. He is giving them faces and stories.
Last week Richard's art became main art on A1. He drew two members of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Trooper Steve Davidson and Corporal Wade Wick mourning the death of their friend, Trooper Darryl Caswell, who died in an explosion a few days before.
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1 Comments:
My impression is that Richard enjoyed doing this more than any graphics using software. These pages are a perfect example of when art can be more powerful than photos. And the Post understood this by giving them proper presentation.
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