Digital Artist: Anthony Zendejas IV
A showcase of artistic work by a
Combat Camera Veteran
Art Gallery
Photo Gallery
The Artist
Anthony Zendejas IV
My art stems from myths I've designed in my mind. I love to create characters that have wandered too far into the woods or looked at something they shouldn't have. These ideas are deeply personal to me.
I spent six years of active duty as a Combat Camera soldier. Honorably discharged as a Sergeant in 2022, I spent those six years endeavoring to create art out of struggles.
Themes of isolation drive me. Whenever I witnessed moments of introspection, I moved to capture them with my camera. And now that I'm out of the army, I'm striving to transcribe those feelings into my art.
Combat Camera Profile
My goal as a Combat Camera was to capture moments of conflict in our world and preserve them so that, at the very least, people's families could get a glimpse of what happens in an austere environment. When other soldiers would ask me why I was there with them in Iraq, I'd smile wryly through my mustache and say, "I'm here to make you immortal."
Fire Mission - 2018
U.S. Army Soldiers with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fire artillery alongside Iraqi Security Force artillery at known ISIS locations near the Iraqi-Syrian border, June 5, 2018. Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition partners provided fire support to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces as they continued Operation Roundup, the military offensive to rid the final pockets of the terrorist organization from the Middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Anthony Zendejas IV)