A soldier of the Congolese army stands inside a tent riddled with bullet holes after an intense battle at Rumangabo base, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, DR Congo on October 11, 2008. (WALTER ASTRADA/AFP/Getty Images)
Via the Big Picture

This photo is haunting. I saw it yesterday in the afternoon, and then thought about it several times after, and several times this morning. The soldier’s expression is troubled, the time of day is disorienting, the conflict unknown yet clearly implied. The different elements of the image come together to tell a quiet story of one man in a battlefield.

Walter is an amazing photographer based in Kampala. He won the British Journal of Photography Award recently and earlier this year, the World Press Photo Award. And when he’s too busy, he sometimes passes on assignments to me. I’m always happy to be second choice to him.