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Not a Comfortable Word
Posted by Monte Stevens (Westerville, United States) on 30 March 2009 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
Deployment is not a comfortable word for me. Wikipedia defines military deployment as the movement of armed forces and their logistical support infrastructure. In most of the world's navies, a deployment designates an extended period of duty at sea.
I watched these men smoke cigarettes and chat outside my hotel as they waited for a van to take them to the airport. It was such a compelling image I just had to press my shutter. I underexposed the image preventing recognition as they symbolize any soldier. If war did not exist then deployment wouldn't either. Still not a comfortable word for me.
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Nikon D300
1/30 second
F/5.3
ISO 500
90 mm