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1. Photo 1253/1

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Photo 1253/1
Title:
Portfolio of photographs of Afghanistan by Simon Norfolk, with facsimiles of work by John Burke
Scope & Content:
A portfolio containing 104 prints by Simon Norfolk. Forty facsimiles of work are by John Burke, and sixty-four photographs are by Simon Norfolk. The portfolio comes in a cloth-covered solander box.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1253/1(1)

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Photo 1253/1(1)
Title:
'Gap Between Upper Bala-Hissar And Bala-Burj, Looking Toward Beni-Hissar.' The Bala Hissar is the citadel that straddles Kabul to this day. In Burke’s time it was part fortress, part palace. Home to a small town of courtiers and servants, it also housed the British Embassy forced on the Afghans after the Treaty of Gandamak. Photographer(s): Burke, John
Scope & Content:
A view of a landscape with the Upper Bala Hissar Fortress and watchtower on the left and the ridge of the Sher Darwaza Mountian on the right. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 219', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in bl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1253/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(2)
Title:
Jawad, who like many Afghans uses just the one name, out playing with an old tyre in the Mikrorayon district of Kabul. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View of a boy holding an old tyre, standing in front of two car wrecks. 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 Fuji...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1253/1(3)

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Photo 1253/1(3)
Title:
‘Radio TV Mountain’ in the centre of Kabul seen from where the Kabul River cuts through the mountains creating the Deh Mazang gorge. In the First Anglo-Afghan War it was the site of a crucial skirmish and hasty retreat by badly outnumbered British cavalry who had blundered into the midst of a massive Afghan army. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View of a mountain at night, lit up by the lights from 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, chromogenic print on Fujicol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1253/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(4)
Title:
'Timur Shah’s Mosque.' Photographer(s): Burke, John
Scope & Content:
View of a mosque, with seven people under a tree on the right. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 241', left edge of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1253/1(5)

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Photo 1253/1(5)
Title:
Shah-do-Shamshira Mosque was built in the 1920s on the site of one of Kabul’s first mosques, the Mosque of the King with Two Swords, named in honour of an early Muslim king who died fighting Hindu invaders. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View from across a river of a Mosque on the right and a bridge on the left. Snow is on the ground. 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,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1253/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(6)
Title:
'Shamshere Bridge And Musjid, On The Cabul River Near Dehmazang Gorge, North West Corner Of City.' Photographer(s): Burke, John
Scope & Content:
View looking along a river (Kabul River) towards a bridge with a mosque hidden by trees on the right. A man is standing at the banks of the river, and a group is sitting beside a building on the left. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878-1880. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1253/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(7)
Title:
Some of the nonsensical property development taking place in Kabul. This district of the city, Karte Char Chateh, is remembered by Kabulis as that part of the bazaar which was burned by the British in 1842 as collective punishment for the killing of the British Envoy. The fires still burned when the British retreated two days later. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
View of a street with a row of buildings during dusk. 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 Archi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1253/1(8)

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Photo 1253/1(8)
Title:
The future home of The Afghan Cash And Carry Superstore on the road between the foreign embassies and Kabul Airport. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon
Scope & Content:
A view through a shop window with teapots hanging overhead to a building site across the street. 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, c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1253/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(9)
Title:
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