From Revolution to War

The Arab Spring takes photojournalist Kate Brooks to Cairo to witness the protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. She then heads to Libya, where the rebel forces were fighting a seesaw battle with Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces along the coastal highway in the east. This is the final installment of a three-part series that features her work from Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, and Libya.

PHOTOS BY KATE BROOKS | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

My second day in Cairo, I stopped for lunch after spending the morning in Tahrir Square. Just as I was heading back out to shoot, a few friends and colleagues came into the hotel with injuries. I checked out the scene from my balcony. Crowds were moving like waves, rocks were flying in every direction, and gunfire was ringing out.

Demonstrators in Tahrir Square collect rocks in preparation for a battle with pro-Mubarak supporters.

 

Kate Brooks is an American photojournalist. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times, and Smithsonian. The photos in this collection are taken from her new book, In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11.

 

COMETLINEAR

9:10 PM ET

September 9, 2011

You say it had nothing to do with the US or Israel

I find this intellectually dishonest.

I saw numerous instances of graffiti showing a picture of Mubarak next to a Star of David. Just today we saw an angry mob attack the Israeli embassy.

This appears to be at odds with your analysis.

 

0RANGEORCHID

1:14 AM ET

September 30, 2011

Egypt Photos

I find the captions on your photos taken in Tahrir to be somewhat misleading. You state that you arrived in late January, I was also in Cairo at that time. You describe the first man as an injured protester lying on the ground. An effective caption should at least mention the camp-in in Tahrir at the time, to make this man not seem like a bum. Your second picture of men collecting rocks gives the impression that most civillian protesters went out with the aim of causing violence, which is misleading because that is false. Finally in your third caption you should mention that the protesters are praying, something which I believe adds a sense of the peacefulness intended by the majority of protesters.

 

0RANGEORCHID

1:15 AM ET

September 30, 2011

Egypt Photos

I find the captions on your photos taken in Tahrir to be somewhat misleading. You state that you arrived in late January, I was also in Cairo at that time. You describe the first man as an injured protester lying on the ground. An effective caption should at least mention the camp-in in Tahrir at the time, to make this man not seem like a bum. Your second picture of men collecting rocks gives the impression that most civillian protesters went out with the aim of causing violence, which is misleading because that is false. Finally in your third caption you should mention that the protesters are praying, something which I believe adds a sense of the peacefulness intended by the majority of protesters.

 

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10:59 AM ET

October 5, 2011

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1:17 PM ET

October 6, 2011

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JEFFDON

7:48 AM ET

October 8, 2011

Great photos

The photos are really gret. I love Egypt; unfortunately I had to cancel my holiday in Hurghada because of the revolution, but I plan to go there again next year. Jeff