Nicole Tung

Photographer

www.nicoletung.com

Syria: The Long Night

Location: Istanbul

Nationality: American

Biography: Nicole Tung is a freelance photojournalist. She graduated from New York University, double majoring in history and journalism, and freelances for international publications and NGOs, working primarily in the Middle East and Asia. After covering... MORE

A bridge lit by car lights is s...o, Syria. March 2013.

A bridge lit by car lights is seen in an opposition-held area, Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A view of apartment blocks with...o, Syria. March 2013.

A view of apartment blocks without electricity in a neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A dead government soldier lays ... 2013. Aleppo, Syria.

A dead government soldier lays by the side of the road, unclaimed, and unburied. He was dumped there by rebel fighters and remained there for all to see until locals dug a grave to give him a burial place. March 2013. Aleppo, Syria.

A street is briefly lit by car ...o, Syria. March 2013.

A street is briefly lit by car headlights near the Al Sukkari neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A jihadi fighter, sitting on a ...o, Syria. March 2013.

A jihadi fighter, sitting on a street corner, reads the Qur'an using a flashlight in Bustan Al Qasr, Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A trail of light follows a rock...o, Syria. March 2013.

A trail of light follows a rocket launch from a government held area of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A light, running off a generato...o, Syria. March 2013.

A light, running off a generator, brightens a street near the frontline of Salaheddin neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

Two people are lit by the inter...o, Syria. March 2013.

Two people are lit by the interior car light in a residential neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A destroyed section of the Sala...o, Syria. March 2013.

A destroyed section of the Salaheddine neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

Houses destroyed by airstrikes ...o, Syria. March 2013.

Houses destroyed by airstrikes in the Sheikh Homed neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

Opposition-held Aleppo, foregro...o, Syria. March 2013.

Opposition-held Aleppo, foreground, is seen against a brightly lit government held area in the horizon. Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A cafe owner speaks to patrons ...o, Syria. March 2013.

A cafe owner speaks to patrons near the frontline in Salaheddin neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

Damaged buildings and curtains ...o, Syria. March 2013.

Damaged buildings and curtains over a street in Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A house destroyed by regime air...o, Syria. March 2013.

A house destroyed by regime airstrikes in the Sheikh Homed neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

Rays of light shine through a s...o, Syria. March 2013.

Rays of light shine through a shrapnel ridden metal gate enclosing a store, Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A view of a destroyed section o...o, Syria. March 2013.

A view of a destroyed section of the Salaheddin neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

A man sits at the corner of two...ppo, Syria. May 2013.

A man sits at the corner of two streets in a rebel held neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. May 2013.

A view of a destroyed section of the Salaheddin neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. March 2013.

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Syria: The Long Night

Updated Aug 2020

Topics Civil Wars, Combat, Documentary, Editorial, Energy, Photography, Photojournalism, Violence, War

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