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Archive of Modern Conflict & Phil Klay

Art & Photography
Granta 124
6th August 2013

The Archive of Modern Conflict is a photography archive and publisher based in London. The abovephotographs were selected from their collection and appear with others from the archive in Granta 124: Travel, with an introduction by Phil Klay.

Archive of Modern Conflict

Archive of Modern Conflict is a photo archive and publisher based in London. Their journal, AMC2, and other publications can be seen at amcbooks.com

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Phil Klay

Phil Klay served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2005 to 2009, including a tour of duty in Iraq from January 2007 to February 2008. He is the author of the story collection Redeployment (Penguin, 2014).

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