Andrea Prada Bianchi is a journalist based in New York. His work has appeared in National Geographic, the Intercept, Al Jazeera, Atlas Obscura, and several Italian publications.
In a snowy landscape looking slightly downward from a hilltop, a side profile of a man holding a gun stands on the left of frame beside two other men on skis having a discussion. In the distant background, a group of military personnel stand in a large clearing with their equipment bags. Trees line the horizon and surround the environment.
A Polisario fighter wearing a turban is shown from behind as he surveys a desert war scene in the Western Sahara. A vehicle with a rocket launcher and more fighters stand in the sand beyond him.
Kolbars carrying smuggled goods return from Iraq down the Kuh-e Takht mountain in Iran on Dec. 12, 2018. (Sergio Colombo and Andrea Prada Bianchi for Foreign Policy)
