Renowned photographer Micheal Stokes has published moving yet sexy and powerful images of wounded veteran soldiers ..
All the other photos I’ve seen of wounded vets have been very downer,” Stokes told BuzzFeed News. “I wanted to produce photos that would really show him, let him decide how he wanted to be portrayed.”
Michael meets with them beforehand, getting to know them and giving them an opportunity to get comfortable before getting in front of the camera:
'Usually I spend quite a bit of time with them first, so I've never really sensed a lot of nervousness.'
The vets pose for Michael with and without their prosthetic arms and legs, sometimes holding guns or wearing their dog tags. A few shed all of their clothes, while others left more to the imagination.