Afghanistan Sketches

Illustrator Victor Juhasz spent three weeks in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Here, a sampling of his work.

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In July 2011, equipped with his sketching tools, a camera, borrowed Kevlar, and Dragon Skin body armor, illustrator Victor Juhasz arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, to embed for three weeks with Major Shane Mendenhall and his medevac unit, the 1-52nd Arctic Dustoff out of Fairbanks, Alaska, as well as members of Alpha Company 7-101 from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Juhasz had participated in the United States Air Force Art Program for several years, documenting in drawings various Air Force operations on bases around the U.S. and overseas. This independent trip, with extended time in a war zone, would give him a chance to do more. "Rendering planes in the sky or on the ground had not been what drew me to the program," Juhasz writes. "I was looking to draw real people who happen to be warriors; to witness and create images both on the spot and back in the studio telling their stories." Presented here is a sampling of his work and observations from his trip.

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