by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Jun 15, 2006 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Declaring their new loyalty by taping a poster on their vehicles of Ahmed Shah Masood, Mohibullah and some 500 other Taliban soldiers from Konduz surrender to the Northern Alliance in northern Afghanistan. Many of the foreign Taliban were unable to surrender and...
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 | 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,...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 15, 2001 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Dear Family, Friends, and Colleagues, All hell’s broken loose in Afghanistan, and Tracey and I are sitting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, watching the news develop from our hotel rooms. We didn’t even make it two weeks in Khoja Bahauddin, and our generator gave...