This project explores the divide between official narratives and the realities they obscure. Through split-screen reconstruction, it pairs upbeat, polished footage released for public viewing with internal field reports from the same dates—two timelines, synchronized but never meant to intersect. On one side: smiling soldiers and triumphant music, videos that were sourced from the Defense Visual Distribution System website. On the other: quiet documentation of explosions, g*nfire, and civilian d**ths, the data for which was revealed by WikiLeaks under its Iraq War Diary project. One story sells pride; the other records cost.

Using geographic data from these reports, I built an interactive tool that lets users move through the conflict one day at a time. Each marker pinpoints a moment of violence—click to view footage, read the report, and witness the dissonance.

This archive fractures when these timelines converge. And it's only in that rupture that a more complete story begins to emerge. So the next time you watch “official” footage, ask yourself: what was left outside the frame—and who chose not to show it?