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1. 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–)
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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

2. Photo 1253/1(38)

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Photo 1253/1(38)
Title:
Yards supplying construction materials in Nawabadi Guzargah district of Kabul, overlooked by American-controlled electronic eavesdropping equipment on the summit of Kohe Asmai. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
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View of construction materials with a hill and radio transmitters in the background. 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 p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1253/1(45)

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Photo 1253/1(45)
Title:
'Kutchi Village near Dakka.' Kuchi people are nomadic herders who move their herds of camels and sheep down into Pakistan in winter and back to Afghanistan in the warmer months. In recent years their transnational lifestyle has been seen as a security threat by the national government. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
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View of some tents on a hillside. There are a group of people in the foreground on the left. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 47', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item