by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Apr 15, 2003 | Advertising Photography, Commercial Photography, Corporate Photography, Documentary, Photojournalism, War on Terror, War Photography
ON THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD – I’m sitting in the back of an amphibious assault vehicle, and my stomach is turning, over and over. The cracking of the machine guns being loaded with magazines and the chic, chic, chic of pistols being cleared of dust is seeping...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Apr 11, 2003 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, War, War on Terror
One early morning, as the 2nd Tank Battalion was on the road to Baghdad, I saw a young grunt with rosy cheeks resting on the ground on his elbows holding a rose to his nose, inhaling its delicate scent. I grabbed my camera and quietly began shooting pictures of him....
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Feb 13, 2003 | Photojournalism, Reportage, War on Terror, War Photography
In the Eastern Marshes of southern Iraq, 5,000 Iraqis have returned to reclaim land and restore the marshes once destroyed by Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War Shiite uprising. The Dallas Morning News photographer Cheryl Diaz Meyer reports on the conditions of...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 30, 2001 | Documentary Photography, Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Photo by Tracey Eaton Cheryl Diaz Meyer photographs mujahedeen fighters on the front lines of Taloqan in northern Afghanistan. Upon arrival in Dallas, my fiancé, Kenny, told me he’d left some messages for me on the answering machine. A small, broken and barely...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 28, 2001 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Dear Family, Friends and Colleagues, I was staring at the noodles just inches from my face, studying their curves, enjoying the sight of overcooked carrots and the little bits of meat in the bowl. My back was stooped over my “spaghetti soup,” my head suspended,...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 20, 2001 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, War, War on Terror
It’s been some three days since we reached Taloqan. We have been visiting the front lines some 20 kilometers away everyday. News is that Kunduz is expected to fall any day now. It’s been a real challenge working as a woman in a war zone. I have been poked,...