Joel Preston Smith

December 1, 2005

JOEL PRESTON SMITH is a freelance writer and photographer based in Portland. Joel will discuss his work in Iraq as a photographer before and during the war.

He is the author of Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq, a forthcoming book of essays and photographs covering both pre-and-post invasion Iraq (Nazraeli Press). His work has been published in Gobshite Quarterly, The Irish Times, The Charleston Daily Mail, The Oregonian, and others. For more information, see: www.joelprestonsmith.com.