Legacy of War With Perfectly Made Beds

March 19, 2010 • 8:30 am PDT
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Of all the awfulness of war, this is worse.

To mark tomorrow's seven-year anniversary of the war in Iraq, this weekend's New York Times Magazine features a haunting series of photographs by Ashley Gilbertson, who "looks at bedrooms as a way of memorializing the lives-rather than the deaths-of young combatants." In doing so, he conveys something beyond heartbreak.

Dexter Filkins pens an accompanying essay. It begins: "Just kids."

Image via Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times.

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