I was a photojournalist for seven years in a war zone

While on assignment in October 2016, I visited an oil field and refinery bombed by ISIS in Al-Qayyara, Iraq.I wasn’t there for the explosion itself, but when I arrived, the fire was still raging on – and would continue at least until the end of the year. This is because it typically takes months to put out a blaze like that.A burning oil field is a terrible thing because the streets, people’s skin and even white sheep turn completely black from the billowing smoke and ash.That&