One of the most highly anticipated books of this summer, The Photographer marries the amazing pictures of Didier Lefevre with the images and text of Emmanuel Guibert (Alan's War). The result is a blazingly honest, riveting memoir that stands as one of the best examples of graphic literature: It's that good. Lefevre journeyed through Afghanistan in 1986 with Doctors Without Borders, taking pictures to document the entire time he spent there and the work of the doctors he met. Years later, working with his friend Emmanuel Guibert, Lefevre was finally able to tell his story. Laying bare the real life of doctors and citizens in Afghanistan in the mid-'80s, The Photographer is a mesmerizing experience. Sadly, Lefevre passed away in 2007, but not before seeing the completed work of his life in Afghanistan take shape in The Photographer. Take a sample look here at what Didier Lefevre and Emmanuel Guibert have created.

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written by Didier Lefèvre and Emmanuel Guibert