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photojournalism: Gulf war, 1991

  • The receptionist of the Meridien hotel with a gas mask during a Scud alert in January 1991
  • A column ofvehicles and helicopters of the U.S. Army on the road to Kuwait in February 1991
  • U.S. soldier stands in front of a destroyed Iraqi tank in February 1991
  • U.S. soldiers pose by their Abrams M1 tank on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • A U.S. trooper looking at an Iraqi soldier’s corpse in February 1991
  • Triumphal arrival of the coalition troops in Kuweit in February 1991
  • A Kuwaiti acclaims the arrival of the coalition troops in February 1991
  • Triumphal arrival of the coalition troops in Kuweit in February 1991
  • A coalition soldier tramples on Saddam Hussein’s portrait in February 1991
  • U.S. soldiers run up a flag in front of a Saddam Hussein mural on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • Kuwaiti celebrate the arrival of the coalition troops around a huge flag of Kuwait in February 1991
  • Kuwaiti celebrate the arrival of the coalition troops in February 1991
  • Kuwaiti celebrate the arrival of the coalition troops in February 1991
  • Kuwaiti celebrate the arrival of the coalition troops in February 1991
  • A man on his bicycle with the portrait of Sheik of Kuwait Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah in February 1991
  • On the road to Basra, a Kuwaiti family drives past an Iraqi soldier’s corpse in February 1991
  • A Kuwaiti man showing an Iraqi soldier’s corpse on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • An Iraqi corpse on the road to Basra bombarded by the U.S. air force during the Iraqi forces retreat in February1991
  • An Iraqi corpse on the road to Basra bombarded by the U.S. air force during the Iraqi forces retreat in February1991
  • An Iraqi corpse on the road to Basra bombarded by the U.S. air force during the Iraqi forces retreat in February1991
  • A Kuwaiti pumping gas from an Iraqi vehicle  in February 1991
  • A Kuwaiti on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • A retreating Iraqi soldier walks past a burning tank on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • U.S. soldiers arrest Iraqi soldiers on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • A U.S. soldier and a column of Iraqi prisoners in February 1991
  • Two Iraqi prisoners carry their friend’s body on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • An Iraqi prisoner cries by his friends’ corpses on the road to Basra in February 1991
  • U.S. soldiers speak near an Iraqi soldiers’ corpses in February 1991
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