The toll of Syria's war Pictures The toll of Syria's war As Syria's war enters its third year, Beirut-based photographer Bridgette Auger documents the lives of two Syrian men living outside their home country. Auger met Husam in 2008 while both were working with the UN Refugee Agency. When she visited him in Germany in 2013, she could hardly recognize him - "He was hostile, bitter and angry," she wrote. Husam's best friend, Mohamad, left Syria suddenly, fearing his life was in danger. He fled to neighboring Lebanon and has bounced from country to country ever since. Both men struggle with the grief and anxiety of war, as well as the guilt of being on the outside. In 2013, Auger captured their troubling experiences in a multimedia project, "This is not me: Enduring Syria's War." The work is on view at the Gulf + Western Gallery at New York University through August 2013. Read on to see selected images from the project accompanied by text from Auger's interviews with the men. Both men have requested their last name be omitted. Credit: Bridgette Auger