The war in Afghanistan began nearly a decade ago, before the advent of the iPhone and Facebook. Like technology, the war has changed and evolved. We've seen and read about soldiers and their experiences, but these images, though documentary in nature, give a candid snapshot of everyday life in and around the war.

The War in Hipstamatic is a five-part Foreign Policy series featuring photos taken by photographers embedded in Afghanistan. The photographers primarily used the iPhone and the photo filter app, Hipstamatic, to capture events and scenes. The result: a collection of poignant and beautiful behind-the-scenes glimpses into the lives of soldiers and the Afghan people.

These photos are part of a larger experimental media project called Basetrack, created by a team of photographers and journalists to chronicle the complete deployment of a group of marines. See more of the five-part series at Foreign Policy.

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