The Chuck Norris of Military Photography

A feature article was recently published in Peta Pixel on Jeremy Lock, who is called the Chuck Norris of Military Photography. Lock recently won the distinguished Military Photographer of the Year for the seventh time. No other military photographer has come even close.

What makes Lock unique is that he is equally comfortable using his gun and his camera. He can be shooting a conflict and have no hesitation grabbing his gun and jumping in to help his fellow soldiers. Lock is extremely well trained and can shoot from land, air, and under the sea. He has shot in over 40 countries and 6 continents.  He has even earned himself a Bronze Star, which is awarded for acts of heroism in a combat zone.

Photos: Iraq then and now

The crossed swords monument at the site of a photo of U.S. soldiers taken by Associated Press photographer Karim Kadim on Nov. 16, 2008. The crossed-sword archways Saddam Hussein commissioned during Iraq's nearly eight-year war with Iran stand defiantly on a little-used parade ground inside the Green Zone, the fortified district that houses the sprawling U.S. Embassy and several government offices. Iraqi officials began tearing down the archways in 2007 but quickly halted those plans and then started restoring the monument two years ago. Photo taken on March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

The Denver post recently posted a gallery of photos from Iraq from now compared to 10 years ago to see what has changed. Although some photos show the growth and recovery of Iraq after the US has been there for a decade, some places look like they have not changed at all. Personally this is one my favorite things about photography. A journalist could write all about the changes and similarities between a country over a decade. But a photograph, however, shows clearly the exact same place, and there is no question about it.

Iraqi policeman Ahmed Naji stands on the grounds of the Iraqi National Museum at the site of a photograph showing a U.S. Army tank parked outside the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad taken by Associated Press photographer Murad Sezer on Tuesday, May 6, 2003. Tens of thousands of artifacts chronicling some 7,000 years of civilization in Mesopotamia are believed to have been looted from Iraq in the chaos which followed the the US-led invasion in 2003. Despite international efforts to track items down, fewer than half of the artifacts have so far been retrieved. Photo taken on March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)