Painters Work In Baghdad's Art Quarter

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 20: Painter Hussein al -Musawi smokes as he works in his studio in the al-Asfar artist's district May 20, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Asfar ("the Yellow") is Baghdad's main district for painting, with dozens of often ramshackle studios gathered together, full of painters busily working their craft. Much of the demand by the public is for representational paintings of traditional rural Iraqi scenes, and the Iraqi artists here can churn out several of those a day. But on the side they often paint more challenging, modern works, which they also sell in their studios. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)