War sketch

This is a sketch (pencil and charcoal) I did of a photo from (I think) The New York Times. I believe it was a photo of an Afghani soldier, but I don’t have the original. I tried to avoid stereotyping, but I’m not sure I was successful.
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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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