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This portrait is part of a series of intimate, head-on Afghan faces titled Through Wars made in Bamiyan and Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2006. The Soviet War, the Mujahadeen War, the Northern Alliance War, the 2001 U.S. invasion and the resurgence of Taliban, for more than a quarter century Afghanistan has suffered a legacy of disasters. The mainstream media are soaked with imagery of combats, flames, destructions as if terror and tragedy defines Afghanistan and its people. This series was... more »
This portrait is part of a series of intimate, head-on Afghan faces titled Through Wars made in Bamiyan and Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2006. The Soviet War, the Mujahadeen War, the Northern Alliance War, the 2001 U.S. invasion and the resurgence of Taliban, for more than a quarter century Afghanistan has suffered a legacy of disasters. The mainstream media are soaked with imagery of combats, flames, destructions as if terror and tragedy defines Afghanistan and its people. This series was intended to see "through wars", past the beard and scars, turbans and veils, and connect with the collective hope and humanity of Afghanistan. « less
