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Sean Smith

Open Weekend: war photographer Sean Smith - in pictures

Sean Smith open weekend: Boy scavenging from rubbish tip near the Green Line, Beirut, Lebanon, 1997
Boy scavenging from rubbish tip near the Green Line, Beirut, Lebanon, 1997 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: A patient at the Mental Health Hospital is cared for by her aunt
A patient at the Mental Health hospital is cared for by her aunt, Kabul 2002 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: body building club in Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan
Under the Taliban, exercise was allowed but displays of the body were forbidden, Majar-e-sharif, 2002 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: Young Afghan police recruit
Young Afghan police recruit, Gereshk, Helmand 2006 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: Operation Steel Curtain
Woman caught in the fighting, Ubaydi, 2005 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: sweep along the north Euphrates river
Suspected insurgents captured by US marines at the end of Operation Steel Curtain, Euphrates river, close to Syrian border, 2005 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: On the road from Tebninein in Lebanon
Ali Sha'ita, 12, comforts his mother in the wake of an Israeli air attack on the vehicle in which he and his family were fleeing the village of Et Tiri, Tyre, 2006 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: US and Iraqi army personnel carry out an early morning raid
US and Iraqi army personnel carry out an early morning raid on farmhouses to arrest four wanted men, west of Tikrit, 2006 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: Two boys injured by an IED
Two boys injured by an IED whose target was a US vehicle control, Hayija, 2006 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: US Marine, Al Hywatt Combat Outpost, Al Anbar province 2007
US marine Al Hywatt, combat outpost, Al Anbar province, 2007 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: Iraqi civilians injured by an explosion at a bomb factory
US soldiers tend to Iraqi civilians injured by an explosion at a bomb factory, west Baghdad, 2007 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: a Maxpro MRAP vehicle disabled by an IED
Soldiers from 501st Infantry (Airborne) inspect the damage to their mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle, on patrol from FOB Kushamond, 2009 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: Afghan Police questioning a local teenager
Afghan police questioning a teenager in connection with the IED attack on the MRAP, on patrol from FOB Kushamond, 2009 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: British soldier from the the Mercian Regiment mentoring an Afghan soldier
A British soldier from the the Mercian Regiment mentoring an Afghan soldier, Nawa, Helmand province, 2009 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
Sean Smith open weekend: praying village elders
In the wake of an IED attack on one of their vehicles, soldiers from the 501st Infantry (Airborne) take a break from talks with the village elders to allow them to pray, West Paktika, 2009 Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
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