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Daniel Wakefield Smith (born 1973) is an American photojournalist, writer, researcher, composer, theatre director and actor from New Haven, Connecticut. ==Journalism and photojournalism== Smith is a journalist, researcher, and photographer who lives in Iraq, but has also worked in Afghanistan, Haiti and Turkey.〔 〕 Smith, who has described himself as an "unembedded photojournalist", says he prefers to travel alone,〔 〕 meeting local residents in sites of conflict or great poverty, photographing them and learning their stories.〔 The stories he writes and the photographs he has taken on these journeys have been published in the ''New Haven Advocate'', other alternative newspapers, and various other publications. During a 2004 trip to Iraq, Smith was detained in Kufa by members of the Mehdi Army, taken to meet Muqtada al-Sadr, and subsequently released. Smith also received a minor shrapnel wound during a 2006 visit to Baghdad. Smith has often collected donations to give to needy individuals and charities in the countries he visits; these donations include medical supplies which he gives to local hospitals.〔〔 He often does work for aid organizations, as well. In 2007, Smith moved to Baghdad to do freelance print and photography work,〔 〕 and in 2008 became a writer/photographer for the subscription-based Iraq news website "Iraqslogger.com", including a daily column rounding up U.S. newspapers' coverage of Iraq. He now works as a political and human rights research consultant for a few NGOs as well as keeping his hand in freelance journalism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Wakefield Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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