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Book - Buzzing at the Sill 

Peter van Agtmael 

Buzzing at the Sill is Peter van Agtmael's work on his return home after years as a war correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan and on trying to understand his experience and his country. During the September 11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq, he was a history student in Yale; His guarded life was thrown out of the way, when he realized that he had to report on these wars. The work is a mixture of reflections on war, memory, militarism, identity, ethnicity, social class, surrealism and landscape. It shows the limits of photography and is also a tribute to their strength.
Buzzing at the Sill is... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Somewhere over the USA. 2015. 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

USA. Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida.  2009.  Started in 1947 by... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Wyandotte, Oklahoma. 2015. D-Day Adventure Park in Wyandotte,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. Des Moines, Iowa. 2010. The Iowa GOP Ronald Reagan dinner... 

Peter van Agtmael 2016

USA. Atlanta, Georgia. 2016. 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. Hugo, Oklahoma. 2014. Remnants in an original Choctaw allotment.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Detroit, MI. 2012. Treasure's family at their home in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Brooklyn, New York. 2015. Washington Cemetery, a predominantly... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Los Angeles, CA. 2012. Street scene. 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

USA. Gainesville, Florida. 2013. Outside a laundromat. 

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USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2012.  A Second Line Parade. 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Louisville, KY. 2015. Wyandotte, the neighborhood on the... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

Usa. Branson, Missouri. 2015. The parking lot of Dollie Parton’s... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. New Jersey. 2010. Dead bear at a taxidermist shop after... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

USA. Bethesda, MD. 2009. A drifter in the woods. 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Natchitoches. 2012. Roque's Blues Hall, a juke joint in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

USA. Brooklyn, New York. 2013. 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. Pine Ridge, South Dakota. 2014. While on a ride along with... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Arizona. 2012. Jim Chilton illuminates a destroyed bullet-ridden... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

USA. Lenox, Massachusetts. 2008. Drinking shenanigans. 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

USA. Los Angeles, California. 2013. The Motel La Brea, on Hollywood... 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. Miami, Florida. 2014.  Late night partying during Art Basel.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Maryland. 2015. A member of the KKK after a cross lighting/burning.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. Flying over South Dakota. 2014. 

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USA. Buffalo Gap, South Dakota. 2014.  On the way to Pine Ridge.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Detroit, MI. 2012. Treasure's family at their home in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Portland, Oregon. 2015. Balloon Darts at The Portland City... 

Peter van Agtmael 2016

NIGERIA. Lagos. 2016. Photographer Ty Bello playing with her... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Louisville, Kentucky. 2015. Alex in the bushes as a party... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Aurora, Illinois. 2015. Laith Alobaidi, an Iraqi car dealer... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Molalla, Oregon. 2015. After the rodeo of the Molalla Buckeroo... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Brooklyn, New York. 2015. J’Ouvert in Crown Heights. 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

USA. Near Orlando, Florida. 2009. 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2012. Bruce Daigrepont's performs... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

USA. Wakefield, Virginia. 2009. Political signs line the road... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

USA. Manhattan, New York. 2010. Playing in a busted fire hydrant... 

Peter van Agtmael 2016

USA. Louisville, Kentucky. 2016. During the Kentucky Derby. 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. Idabel, Oklahoma. 2014. 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. 2014. Pine Ridge, SD. A young man is arrested by Officer... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Detroit, MI. 2012. The Nelson family at home in Detroit.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

USA. Carmel by the Sea, California. 2013. 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

USA. Darien, Wisconsin. 2007.  Brady Brown, the son of Sgt. Raymond... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

USA. Louisiana. 2009. Two boys play with BB guns in rural Louisiana.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Queens. 2012. Street scene in a part of Far Rockaway destroyed... 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

USA. Pine Ridge, South Dakota. 2011. Children tending to horses.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Eastern Michigan Peninsula. 2015. Frozen Lake Huron. 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Detroit, MI. 2012. Treasure's family at their home in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2016

USA. Louisville, Kentucky. 2016. Late night dance party in a... 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

USA. Somewhere above America. 2013. 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

USA. Bethesda, MD. 2011. My dad buckles in my grandfather after... 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Detroit, MI. 2012. Treasure's family at their home in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

USA. Slab City, CA. 2008. 

Peter van Agtmael 2011

USA. Lenox, MA. 2011. A restaurant scene. 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Louisville, KY. 2015. The scene outside Churchill Downs... 

Peter van Agtmael 2016

USA. Brownsville, Texas.  2016. Taking off. 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Bethesda, MD. 2015. My sister and niece Victoria and a bubble... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

USA. Detroit, Michigan. 2009. 

Peter van Agtmael 2012

USA. Detroit, MI. 2012.

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Portland, Oregon. 2015. Young Iraqi refugees at a low income... 

Peter van Agtmael 2014

USA. Batiste, Oklahoma. 2014. The home of the grandmother of... 
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