Drawing the Soldiers, and the Casualties
The current issue of Harper’s features a sample of artist Steve Mumford’s drawings from Brooke Army Medical Center. Mumford’s book, Baghdad Journal, is a collection of his drawings from occupied Iraq, where he sketched both soldiers and civilians with a loose, active hand. Here’s is one drawing from that book, a sketch of Charlie 1-9 officers watching the TV show "Smalleville" in Baghdad (the official caption reads: "Officers and NCOs of Charlie 1-9 watch Smalleville while waiting to hear from snipers hidden on Haifa street in case of trouble.")
