Live and let live

ISRAEL. 1973.

This picture is significant only because it was taken in the normally ultra-secret war room of southern command during the most critical hours of the Yom Kippur War. The army’s top generals face their maps, and so do I with my camera. I had simply walked in. No one stopped me or even asked me any questions. Everything was in disarray. The most secret maps were on the board and I was shooting pictures. It was frightening. This, essentially, was the war where the generals fought each other and the battles were won by the non-coms.

ISRAEL. 1973.

This picture is significant only because it was taken in the normally ultra-secret war room of southern command during the most critical hours of the Yom Kippur War. The army’s top generals face their maps, and so do I with my camera. I had simply walked in. No one stopped me or even asked me any questions. Everything was in disarray. The most secret maps were on the board and I was shooting pictures. It was frightening. This, essentially, was the war where the generals fought each other and the battles were won by the non-coms.