The smoke from an oil fire fills the skies as an Iraqi tank is discarded at the side of the road on the way into Basra, Southern Iraq. 19th March, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
American soldiers search an Iraqi man in the streets of Baghdad, Iraq. March 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Young Iraqi men gather in the streets of Baghdad, protesting the invasion. Baghdad, Iraq. 22nd April 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
An Iraqi soldier who has lost his leg and sustained other serious injuries is comforted by his relatives as he recieves treatment in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. 27th March, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
An Iraqi man holds a poster as thousands of men gather in the streets of Baghdad, protesting the invasion. Baghdad, Iraq. 22nd April 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A doctor examines the x-ray showing shrapnel before treating the young boy with multiple injuries as he is comforted by his father and uncle at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. 29th March, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
British soldiers during Battle for Basra, Iraq. 28th March, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Searched by British soldiers, an Iraqi man on the outskirts of Basra holds his arms in the air clutching a leaflet written by the Coalition forces stating "People of Basra we are here to liberate the people of Iraq. Our enemy is the regime and not the people. We need your help to identify the enemy. To Rebuild Iraq". Basra, Iraq. 28th March, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
American soldiers pass one of the many toppled statues of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, Iraq. 2nd April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
An Australian navy personel watches the guns fire towards Basra in Iraq, from the bridge of the HMAS ANZAC in the Northern Arabian Gulf. 22nd March 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Australian Navy Clearance Divers patrolling on Iraqi's southern Al Faw peninsula, searching for mines and unexploded ordanance. 28th April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Men gather in the hanging chamber in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in the days following the fall of Baghdad, searching for any clues to the where abouts of missing loved ones. Baghdad, Iraq. March 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A painting of Saddam Hussein bearing bullet holes. Baghdad, Iraq. March, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
An Iraqi man walks along a Baghdad street holding a painting of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, the father of Moqtada Al-Sadr. Saddam murdered him. Baghdad, Iraq. March 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
raqi children play on what remains of a graveyard at the rear of a mosque damaged during shelling, central Baghdad, Iraq. Some elements of a normal life is returning to Baghdad. Baghdad, Iraq. 20th April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Iraqi men and children stop near a car carrying the body of a civilian killed the night before in a shelling in Baghdad, Iraq. 20th April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Ten years has past since the beginning of the Iraq war. Photographer Kate Geraghty spent several months covering the invasion in Southern Iraq and in the capital Baghdad, capturing images of Australian, British and US military and the effect on everyday Iraqi lives living in conflict.
An Australian navy clearance diver walks towards a landmine in Southern Iraq. 26th April 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Abu Sara smiles for her first portrait in over 12 years, pictures she states is not for the small people. Baghdad, Iraq. 23rd April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Iraq men gather in barber shops to have their trimmed, socialise and discuss the current status of Baghdad and Iraq. The barber shops are a hive of information and mis-information, the men gather here as there are no jobs. Abu Nuas district, Baghdad, Iraq. 22nd April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Iraqi civilians heading out of Umm Qsar pass British tanks as they drive towards Basra after hearing of the fall of Basra. Thick clouds of smoke coming from the battle of Basra masks the sky. 7th April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Iraqi men inspect what remains of a graveyard at the rear of a mosque damaged during shelling, central Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad, Iraq. 20th April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Iraqi drivers wait patiently as a US military convoy drives through the streets of Baghdad. 22nd April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Australian embassy employee Kareem Challur holding the Australian flag takes the AK47 from his son Tha'aer 13 on the rooftop of the Australian Embassy which they protected for several days and nights during the invasion of Baghdad. Baghdad, Iraq. 20th April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Iraqi men walk past a government building on fire in Baghdad, Iraq. March, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Iraqi men and their sons spend their time in the Chi houses playing draughts and backgammon until jobs are a possibility and the schools start again. Anu Naus district, Baghdad, Iraq. 22 April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Australian Navy Clearance Divers lower the Australian flag during the dawn service on Anzac Day in Az Zubayr, Southern Iraq, Iraq. 25th April 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Australian Navy personnel, Able Seaman Colin, overlooking the water at Khwar Az Zubayr as the sun rises on Anzac Day. Khwar Az Zubayr, Iraq. 25th April, 2003. Photo: Kate Geraghty
