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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1253

11. Photo 1253/1(9)

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Photo 1253/1(9)
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The former home of Jangalak Industries, a metalworking factory that once had a workforce of 1,800 but was wrecked during the civil war in the 1990s. It is now used as a massive storage yard for scrap metal. This area is all discarded hospital beds and school desks. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View of a scrap yard with a man and dog standing in the middle of discarded hospital beds and school desks. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1253/1(10)

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Photo 1253/1(10)
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Wasteland at the back of shops used as stabling for draft horses. In the distance is the Bala Hissar citadel, now home to an Afghan Army base and mooring for one of the American blimps that carry electronic surveillance gear and cameras. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View of the back of shops where there are eight horses. There is a fortress on a hill in the distance. On the left is a blimp. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1253/1(11)

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Photo 1253/1(11)
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'Buddhist Temple excavated at Ali Musjid.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
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View of Buddhist ruins in the Khyber Pass, showing a wall covered with decorative carvings. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 60', left corner of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk // Phot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1253/1(12)

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Photo 1253/1(12)
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‘The Museum Of The Jihad’ in Herat. In the centre of the tableau of anti-Soviet mujahedeen guerrillas is Ismail Khan, one-time Governor of Herat and minister in the national government. Mythologising their role in the Jihad helps justify their control and ownership of Afghanistan’s modern warlord economy. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of an interior wall of a painted landscape with 19 statues of men in front. There is a chandler hanging from the ceiling. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1253/1(13)

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Photo 1253/1(13)
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The Sham-e-Paris (‘Parisian Evenings’) wedding hall in the Taymani neighbourhood. Common in Pakistan, these huge wedding complexes have sprung up all over Kabul with dining and entertainment halls to seat a thousand on each storey and even an on-site honeymoon hotel. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
A view at night of a hotel and grounds lit up with decorative lights. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1253/1(14)

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Photo 1253/1(14)
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A watchtower guarding a street of foreign embassies in central Kabul. For the British army these improvised fortifications are called ‘sangars’, although the term is Dari for ‘barricade’ and is one of the few words the British brought home from the Anglo-Afghan Wars. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of a watchtower in the evening. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive / Photograph b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1253/1(15)

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Photo 1253/1(15)
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On the very northern edge of Kabul. A shipping container is re-purposed as home to men working in a yard casting concrete blast walls. Each section, when sold to foreign embassies or the military, fetches $1000 per piece. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of two shipping containers stacked on each other with a ladder leaning on the side of the container. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 1253/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(16)
Title:
Entrance to the vast City Star Hall complex of wedding halls, on the new bypass out near Kabul Airport. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of an arch at night, decorated with neon lighting. There is a statue of a horse behind the arch. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, dig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 1253/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(17)
Title:
'Sha Shaid. The Bala Hissar Gate.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a damaged gate and walls of a fort. There are soldiers in front of the gate. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke...', lower right edge of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk // Photog...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 1253/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(18)
Title:
A cellphone booster-station built on the wreckage of buildings that once housed a market. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of city ruins, a yellow station with multiple antennas is on top of one of the buildings. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item