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Today, when we watch the news or read an article about a conflict, we expect visual imagery.

How can we understand the magnitude of the bombs if we don’t see the explosions? How can the scale of human suffering be conveyed if we don’t see the images of sprawling refugee camps, of bombed-out cities, of twisted metal or mass graves? 

War photography is a genre of photojournalism that has greatly aided people’s ability to understand the brutal realities of war – especially for those who have never been in a war zone.

As photography developed over the course of the 19th century, it was only natural that at some point an intrepid photographer would bring their lens to the battlefield, to document in real time what had never before been documented. 

While there are early photographs from the Mexican-American War (1846-184