War photographer Joao Silva's latest book, In The Company Of God, looks at the war in Iraq. The veteran photographer has spent 15 years in war zones and was a member of the Bang-Bang Club, along with Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek. Joao is the only one still dodging bullets, even though he is now married to Vivian and they have a baby girl, Isabel.
In The Company of God, a joint effort between STE Publishers and PictureNet Africa (the Johanneaburg photographic agency in which he is a partner), is a collection photographs taken in Iraq for the New York Times between July 2003 and March 2005. The hardcover book is divided into four sections. The first section, Blood of Pilgrims, starts with a broad history of Iraq.
