Look at the U.S.A.: A Diary of War and Home City Life and proposed to do a

and proposed to do a visual biography of his humble origins in Fairmount

and a deep fascination with war

Ethnic and religious conflicts related to borders and to gender

their hopes

were suspended from the US Olympic team for displaying Black Power salutes on the medals stand

Look at the U.S.A.: A Diary of War and Home City Life and proposed to do aA personal chronicle of post 9 11 America, at war and at home. Through reportage and memoir, in photographs and words, Look at the U. S. A. documents the major fault lines that have defined this era, beginning with the war in Iraq and ending with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Fueled by ideology, insecurity, ambition, and a deep fascination with war, Peter van Agtmael began documenting Americas war in Iraq in 2005. So began a photographic