Magnum Photos

Exhibition - The Ghosts of History 

Moises Saman 

A solo exhibition of work by Moises Saman which examines the conflicting narratives central to the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, the aftermath, and the limits of documentary photography in reporting on a war — one still ongoing for many Iraqis.


The exhibition draws from Saman’s photographs taken in Iraq over the past two decades and is interspersed with U.S. military maps and charts, lists of Iraqi dead, redacted transcripts, satellite images, quotes and pop culture references all tied to the war in Iraq.


The pairing of Saman’s images with these materials exposes the dissonance between... 

Moises Saman 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. A boy with a hunting rifle runs through... 

Moises Saman 2023

From the book "Glad Tidings of Benevolence." 
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Moises Saman 2015

IRAQ. 2015. 

Moises Saman 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. Satellite image showing oil fires set alight... 

Moises Saman 2004

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2004. US Army vehicles destroyed during an insurgent... 

Moises Saman 2018

IRAQ. Mosul. June, 2018. A poster depicting the Garden of Eden,... 

Moises Saman 2018

IRAQ. Mosul. June, 2018. A poster depicting the Garden of Eden,... 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. August 21, 2010. Series of photographs decorating... 
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Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. 2010. Series of photographs decorating the gravesite... 
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Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. 2010. Series of photographs decorating the gravesite... 
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Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. 2010. Series of photographs decorating the gravesite... 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. August 21, 2010. Series of photographs decorating... 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. 2010. Series of photographs decorating the gravesite... 
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Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. August 21, 2010. Series of photographs decorating... 

Moises Saman 2017

IRAQ. Bashiqa. Nineveh Province. 2017. A defaced advertising... 

Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Baquba. Diyala Province. 2008. Burned palm trees at the... 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. 2010. Almost three years after discovering the remains... 

Moises Saman 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2004. A man tries to tame an Arabian horse looted... 

Moises Saman 2017

IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Iraqi civilians fleeing Mosul. 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2010. A survivor of a car bomb in a residential... 

Moises Saman 2008

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2008. American soldiers inside a Stryker fighting... 

Moises Saman 2019

IRAQ. Mosul. January 15, 2019. 

Moises Saman 2014

IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Yazidi women stranded... 

Moises Saman 2018

USA. New Mexico. 2018. US soldiers buried at Santa Fe National... 

Moises Saman 2014

IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. 2014. Injured survivors of an Iraqi Air... 

Moises Saman 2008

IRAQ. Basra. 2008. Trash burns in the distance on a field in... 

Moises Saman 2016

IRAQ. Khalidiyah. 2016. A man walks along a desert road near... 

Moises Saman 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. Oil fires set alight over the Tigris River... 

Moises Saman 2018

IRAQ. Mosul. August 30, 2018. Children from Mosul stand in front... 

Moises Saman 2016

IRAQ. Samarrah. Salahaddin Province. 2010. New and old graves... 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Najaf. 2010. Wind blows discarted plastic bags on the edge... 

Moises Saman 2008

IRAQ. Taji. Baghdad Province. 2008. US soldier inside an armored... 

Moises Saman 2019

IRAQ. Mosul. 2019. Life slowly returns to war-ravaged western... 

Moises Saman 2021

JORDAN. Amman. 2021. A TV in the home of a refugee family from... 

Moises Saman 2008

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2008. Taping of The Colbert Report in front of... 

Moises Saman 2008

IRAQ. Abu Ghraib. Baghdad Province. 2008. A painting of horses... 

Moises Saman 2019

Nineveh Province. 2019. Crops on fire. Fires in Nineveh province... 

Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Mahmudiyah. Baghdad Province. 2009. Night patrols by US... 

Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Mahmudiyah. Baghdad Province. 2009. Night patrols by US... 

Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Mahmudiyah. Baghdad Province. 2009. Night patrols by US... 

Moises Saman 2019

IRAQ. Mosul. Nineveh Province. 2019. Mosul’s Old City at night.... 

Moises Saman 2005

IRAQ, Baghdad. 2008. Night scenes, Baghdad. 
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Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Mahmudiyah. Baghdad Province. 2009. Night patrols by US... 

Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Mahmudiyah. Baghdad Province. 2009. Night patrols by US... 

Moises Saman 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. Foreign media escorted to the site where... 

Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Mahmudiyah. Baghdad Province. 2009. Night patrols by US... 

Moises Saman 2009

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2009. Aerial view of Baghdad. 

Moises Saman 2019

IRAQ. Bashiqa. November 6, 2019. Anmar Faris Khorshid, 19, a... 

Moises Saman 2014

IRAQ. Zakho. Dohuk Province. 2014. A Yezidi boy fleeing ISIS... 

Moises Saman 2002

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2002. Students supporting Saddam Hussein during... 

Moises Saman 2018

IRAQ. Serdashti Camp. Mount Sinjar. 2018. 8-year-old Khalaf,... 

Moises Saman 2016

IRAQ. Fallujah. 2016. School desks for a barricade inside an... 

Moises Saman 2017

IRAQ. Mosul. Nineveh Province. 2017. Mohammed, emerging from... 

Moises Saman 2008

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2008. A weapons cache discovered by US and Iraqi... 

Moises Saman 2022

JORDAN. Amman. 02 June 2022. Prosthetic limbs stored in the Reconstructive... 

Moises Saman 2016

IRAQ. Al Anbar Province. Fallujah. 2016. The road to Fallujah.... 

Moises Saman 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. The first night of the Shock and Awe bombing... 

Moises Saman 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. The first night of the Shock and Awe bombing... 
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