Palatial

[Image: Photo by Moises Saman for The New York Times].

A New York Times article today about Stephen Colbert's recent trip to Iraq – where he filmed four new shows "in a former palace of Saddam Hussein" – includes a photograph taken by Moises Saman of Camp Victory... as also seen, in a different light, in BLDGBLOG's recent interview with photographer Richard Mosse.

[Images: "Thank you for your service" banner, Al-Faw Palace interior, Camp Victory, Iraq (2009); and Chandelier, Al-Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq (2009). Photos by Richard Mosse].

In these two images by Mosse, seen directly above, you get a glimpse of the same room in Hussein's old palace before its transformation into a temporary television studio.
Of course, if you missed that interview, definitely check it out in full.