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1. Photo 1253/1(35)

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Photo 1253/1(35)
Title:
Refugees from fighting between NATO and the Taliban in Nangarhar province, close to the Pakistan border, now sheltering on wasteground in Kabul. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of makeshift tents with a busy road and buildings 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 print on Fuj...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1253/1(37)

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Photo 1253/1(37)
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'Interior of Fort Dakka.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
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View of a military encampment with tents in the foreground and a fort in the background. There are three men seated on a beach on the right. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk // Photographs...
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)
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'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)
Scope & Content:
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

4. Photo 1253/1(46)

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Photo 1253/1(46)
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Historically, Kuchis were strongly pro-Taliban; feelings made more intense by being bombed by NATO off their traditional grazing lands in Helmand. They are allowed to set up camp here on Kabul’s periphery only because it is below a large, new Afghan Army base. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of tightly packed tents with mountains in the distance. 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 Crysta...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1253/1(53)

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Photo 1253/1(53)
Title:
'Major Cavagnari, C.S.I. and chief Sirdars with Kunar Syud.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
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View of tribal leaders with a British Major seated in the middle. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 85', left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / A...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1253/1(57)

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Photo 1253/1(57)
Title:
Some of the Media Operations team including a Combat Camera unit, Camp Bastion, Helmand. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of five men in uniform carrying guns and camera equipment in a tent. 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 F...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1253/1(58)

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Photo 1253/1(58)
Title:
'Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment.' A heliograph team equipped with early Aldis lamps and signalling mirrors which were deployed for long-distance mountain-top to mountain-top communications back to Imperial India. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of sixteen men in uniform posing with signalling devices such as mirrors, lamps, flags and telescopes. There are tents and a building in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 271', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 201...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1253/1(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(68)
Title:
Strongly pro-Taliban refugees. For the photograph, they chose to partially cover their faces. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of five men with their faces partially covered in front of a tent. 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 Fuj...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1253/1(79)

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Photo 1253/1(79)
Title:
'Guns, Captured at Ali Musjid.' Burke photographed lines of captured enemy matériel on several occasions. The pictures were popular back in the Imperial homeland, giving the impression the war was successful and therefore justified. Support faltered later in the campaign after battlefield setbacks and reports of savage reprisals. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a row of guns with a camp in the background: General Appleyard, C.B. V.C. and staff on the left. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 11', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1253/1(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(80)
Title:
‘The Dewan-I-Aum in Bala Hissar, Shewin Bala Burj & Sherderwaza.’ After the capture of the Bala Hissar, the British quartered Gurkha soldiers in the ruins of the Royal Palace and gardens and the summerhouse that had been the British Mission. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of ruins of a hall with horses and tent in front. A fortress is on the hill in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 285', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTME...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item