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Photographer Sebastian Rich: From Bullets to Broadway

As a war photographer, I witnessed unspeakable acts of violence. When I left that behind to photograph dancers instead, I realized I’d saved my sanity in the nick of time.

Published Oct. 15 2010 10:21AM EDT

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-4_edaav1 — Courtesy of Sebastian Rich

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-4_h728bj — Militia members in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Courtesy of Sebastian Rich

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-7_c7n0fk — Ballerinas warm up and stretch in an advanced ballet class at The Julio Bocca Ballet School in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-2_e4gc2r — A Kenyan mother with her mixed-race daughter. The mother alleges rape by British soldiers garrisoned at a nearby base.
Courtesy of Sebastian Rich

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-10_bwnqlp — Ballet dancers of the San Martin Contemporary Ballet Company perform the piece Chopin No. 1.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-3_eyhtqc — Limb-fitting center in Herat, Afghanistan.
Courtesy of Sebastian Rich

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-6_ohj0jb — Ballet dancer Daniel Sciarrone of the Argentino Ballet Company takes a break from the rehearsal of the production Wonder Woman.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-5_by3mnv — Adult autism patient in Paraguay.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-1_rizoqk — Sixteen-year-old ballerina Mercedes Calderon and Maximiliano Iglesias, also 16, of the Julio Bocca Ballet School.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-9_nmydai — Wounded Lebanese civilian sits in the ruins of his house destroyed by Israeli artillery.
Courtesy of Sebastian Rich

galleries/2010/10/15/bullets-to-broadway/bullets-to-broadway-8_zpteq3 — Exhausted ballerina Soledad Mangia, 25, takes a break during rehearsals for the piece Wonder Woman.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis