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Tank and Palm

Iraq, 2003. I photographed this tank and palm from my Humvee during a counter-ambush patrol south of Baghdad, using the single disposable camera I carried during my Marine deployment.

Awards

Photographer of the Year Contest

2026

People’s Vote Award

Film/Analog

Non Professional

Honorable Mentions

Film/Analog

Non Professional

Tank and Palm

Iraq, 2003. I photographed this tank and palm from my Humvee during a counter-ambush patrol south of Baghdad, using the single disposable camera I carried during my Marine deployment.

About Artist

Kenny Bass

Kenny Bass is a Marine Corps combat veteran, photographer, author, and nonprofit founder. His current photographic work revisits images he made while serving with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, in Iraq in 2003. His project, A Marine’s Disposable War, is built from photographs made on the single disposable camera he carried during the deployment and reconsidered more than two decades later as memory, evidence, and art. In 2026, his photograph Spent received Bronze in Photojournalism/Conflict at the Analog Sparks International Photography Awards.

Kenny Bass

Photographic Areas of Focus

Film/Analog, Landscapes, Photojournalism

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United States of America

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