Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson

Saturday, June 8 at 1:30pm

Award-winning photographer Ashley Gilbertson will speak at The Bridge about his recent work and experiences in Iraq. His many honors include the 2004 Robert Capa Gold Medal, the Photographer of the Year from the National Photo Awards, and selection for Time magazine’s “Pictures of the Year.”

A freelance photographer who has been working in Iraq since 2002 largely on contract for the New York Times, Gilbertson’s essay Last Photographs will appear in the Summer 2007 issue of the VQR (available in July). His forthcoming book Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer’s Chronicle of the Iraq War will be published by the University of Chicago Press in fall 2007. Gilbertson’s appearance is part of the Charlottesville Festival of the Photograph and is sponsored by The Bridge and VQR.