Through Wars

(16 photos)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

The Soviet War, the Mujahadeen War, the Taliban War, the Northern Alliance War, and then the 2001 U.S. invasion, over a quarter century of conflicts have left Afghanistan a legacy of disaster: devastated economy, drug trafficking, the plight of returned refugees, and lingering insecurity due to insurgence of warlords and Taliban remnants. The mainstream media are soaked with imagery of combats, flame, destruction, women in burqas shadowed by the Taliban, old bearded men with turbans...
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