Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Afghanistan

U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines during a foot patrol in the village of Salaam Bazaar outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

An Afghan man feeds doves in front of Mazar-e Sharif's famous 'Blue Mosque,' the Tomb of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. July 2011.
   
A soldier from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, walks past a group of children on patrol in Imam Sahib, Afghanistan. July 2011.
   
An Afghani man cools off in a small stream next to a patrol from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, outside of Imam Sahib, Afghanistan. July 2011.
     
  
Sgt Brian Hunt, from Colorado, a member of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, speaks with police at a checkpoint in Qurghan Tapa, Afghanistan. July 2011.
   
U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines during a foot patrol in the village of Salaam Bazaar outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
   
Afghani soliders at their base in the village of Salaam Bazaar outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
     
  
A mountain range in western Afghanistan. June 2010.
   
An Afghani soldier with U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines during a foot patrol in the village of Salaam Bazaar outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
  
A U.S. Marine from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines makes his way through a sandstorm during a foot patrol in Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
     
  
A U.S. Marine from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines, left, and an Afghan Army soldier, center, question a man at his home in a village outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
  
A U.S. Marine from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines sits in a poppy field waiting for insurgents to plant IED's during a foot patrol in the village of Salaam Bazaar outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
  
U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines walk past a group of Afghani men during a foot patrol in Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
     
  
An Afghan boy watches as U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines conduct a foot patrol through a village outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
  
An Afghan man and a young boy watch as U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines conduct a foot patrol through a village outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
  
U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines shave and brush their teeth at a small base in a village outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
     
  
U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines prepare to leave a small base outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
  
U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines patrol through a poppy field during a foot patrol in the village of Salaam Bazaar outside of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.
  
People make their way through the bazaar in Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.