Suzanne Opton photographed nine soldiers at Fort Drum, New York, while they were home from tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The suggestion that these images represent "fallen" soldiers has generated some predictable controversy—especially when Opton presented the images on billboards. But the intimacy with which she captures the faces proffers a powerful rejoinder to the idea of a "body count." Instead of playing a numbers game, Opton forges a connection between the eyes of each viewer and the face of each soldier.
The series will appear as part of the 2010 Brighton Photo Biennial.
Via Creative Review