I saw a lot of terrible things, but I was hugely impressed by the MERT teams on 24-hour call to go out and pick up casualties, and felt they were the real story.

Although the MERT don't intentionally land during fire-fights, it would be very easy for a hidden enemy to shoot an RPG and take out the helicopter as it lands.

Now she can add to her repertoire these impressive new photographs, which were shot by Mert Atlas and Marcus Piggot for a spread in the June edition of Interview magazine.