Stunning pictures show change in deployed Marines

Marines' Faces Before, During, and After Serving in Afghanistan
By Heather Murphy
Oct. 17, 2012

How do life-changing experiences concretely impact the way we look? Does tragedy truly show up in our eyes and brow?

These are questions that fascinate Claire Felicie, who photographed the faces of 20 Dutch Marines before, during, and after their tour of duty in Afghanistan.

From first photo to last photo, only 12 months passed, but a great deal happened in these young men's lives.

Yes, some of the shifts in appearance are environmentally induced; there's nothing other than the scorching Afghan sun to blame for those new freckles and bronzed noses.

But there is something else in that third picture; a dullness to the eyes, a stiffness to the jaw. Isn’t there?
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