A different view of Afghanistan

Richard Johnson's "Postings from Afghanistan".

Complete slide show of the pencil sketches completed by Richard Johnson. Beautiful work.

About this blog and artist: The tradition of war art dates back to before the First World War. Recently Richard Johnson continued that tradition when he spent two months in Kandahar living with Canadian troops and documenting what he saw in words and sketches.

Richard's biggest influences are combat artist Howard Brodie and foreign correspondent Joseph Galloway.

"Brodie was doing it for the humanity of all, and Galloway was doing it so that no one forgot the sacrifices that were being made by young men and women far from home."