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All images, copy, and other content
©Bart Kemper
(MR) indicates the image is model released
Available for assignments and photo-assisting.
Pager/Voice mail
800-538-1084
Office
225-923-2945
Stock
See listing in AG Publications.
Models
All ages, ethnic backgrounds, body types, male and female.
I maintain active files for advertising, stock, and fine art usage. Fees vary on experience and image usage. Email me or send info to PO Box 66688, Baton Rouge, La. 70896. Agency material welcome.
Digital Images
All images can be sent digitally. For more on imaging services, see Kemper Imageering. |
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With the exception of a few specialty publications, it seems most media outlets choose to have their least knowledgeable photographers and writers cover military activities, in training or in war. Furthermore, it seems many view those with military experience as incapable of objectivity. What the public gets are misquotes due to failure to understand military personnel, misidentification of units and equipment, and more importantly, completely missing the hard news and in-depth features developing around them. These journalists are often ill-equipped to ask insightful, pertinent questions or to assess the facts presented.
A journalist doesn't have months or even weeks to "learn the ropes." Most conflicts today are over too quickly. Moreover, these untrained individuals would be a tactical risk to a unit in the field. Ignorance coupled with arrogance is why many troops resent journalists working in their area.
Training and experience can usually reverse this situation. Just as a sports reporter has to know her subject, the military journalist has to understand the people and events around him. Once you establish that rapport you can bring home the images and words of this vital section of coverage, including the ones possibly critical of the operation at hand. |
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Top left: An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, flying at 80 knots, fires 2.75 inch rockets at its targets during gunnery training.
Top right: Civil War re-enactors fight the Battle of Port Hudson, La. every year. Here Union forces try to rally around their colors as the Confederate forces outflank them.
Above: An artilleryman sets the fuze on a 105mm howitzer shell during a live fire exercise.
Middle right: An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper scans for enemy during a patrol.
Bottom right: "Ready--Turn him!" "He's clear." One soldier covers his buddy as he rolls a "guerilla" on his side, checking for weapons or traps. Their unit is fighting their way through an "enemy" city during MOUT training. All the players in this training (including me) are wearing MILES equipment, the Army version of "laser tag." The early dawn rain keeps everyone wet and cold. All activities, including eating, medical care, and photography, are done under combat conditions. |
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