Marketplace, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

After Prayers, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Mosque, Camp Mackall, North Carolina. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Watching the Ambush, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Insurgent in Village, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Graffito, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Blue and Red Mosque, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan"

Amputees, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Mother with Babies, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Torso, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Jihad Lamp, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Planting Crops, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Casualty, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Gas Station Tanks, Fort Polk, Louisiana. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Iman's Bodyguard, Camp Mackall, North Carolina. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Afghan Militia, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. From "Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Suggestion Box, Camp America. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Club Survivor, Camp America. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Administrative Review Board Meeting Room, Camp Delta. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Leeward Mess Hall, Naval Station. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Soccer Balls, Camp Delta. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Recreation Room, Camp America. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Chapel, Camp America. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Cuzco Wells Cemetery, Naval Station. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Christmas Tree, Camp America. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Jungle Gym, Naval Station. From "Guantanamo Bay."

Air Power Over Hampton Roads Air Show, Hampton Roads, Virginia #1. 2007.

Air Power Over Hampton Roads Air Show, Hampton Roads, Virginia #2. 2007.

Lanyards, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia. 2007.

Air Power Over Hampton Roads Air Show, Hampton Roads, Virginia #3. 2007.

Air Power Over Hampton Roads Air Show, Hampton Roads, Virginia #4. 2007.

Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia #1. 2007.

Air Power Over Hampton Roads Air Show, Hampton Roads, Virginia #5. 2007.

Air Power Over Hampton Roads Air Show, Hampton Roads, Virginia #6. 2007.

Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia #2. 2007.

Drill Sergeant, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia #1. 2007.

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Christopher Sims was born in Michigan and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He has an undergraduate degree in history from Duke University, a master’s degree in visual communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a M.F.A. in studio art from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He worked as a photo archivist at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and currently is the Undergraduate Education Director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

His recent exhibitions include shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Houston Center for Photography, the Light Factory, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. His project on Guantánamo Bay was featured in The Washington Post, the BBC World Service, Roll Call, and Flavorwire. In 2010, he was selected as the recipient of the Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers.