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41. Photo 1253/1(13)

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Photo 1253/1(13)
Title:
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

42. Photo 1253/1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(49)
Title:
A view of Kabul city centre from Bala Burj. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of a city landscape with mountains 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 Fujicolor Crystal ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 1253/1(11)

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Photo 1253/1(11)
Title:
'Buddhist Temple excavated at Ali Musjid.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
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

44. Photo 1253/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(34)
Title:
Pakistani apples for sale at a roadside market. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of red bags of apples on the rug with a 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 pri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 items

45. Photo 1253/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(59)
Title:
'Jellallabad. Scene in the City with musicians.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a group of musicians seated under some trees. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 77', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ART...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 1253/1(64)

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Photo 1253/1(64)
Title:
'Officers. Her Majesty’s 51st Regiment on Sultan Tarra.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a group of officers in different uniforms posing on a rocky embankment. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 20', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011 Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE /...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 1253/1(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(85)
Title:
The tennis court of the British Embassy. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of a tennis court with a watchtower 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 Fujicolor Cryst...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 1253/1(15)

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Photo 1253/1(15)
Title:
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

49. Photo 1253/1(44)

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Photo 1253/1(44)
Title:
At Wasalabad high above West Kabul. It has taken 26 men from the Mine Detection Centre and four de-mining dogs more than three months to clear mines from an area the size of a few soccer pitches. Kabul’s rapid expansion has increased pressure for building land. Mined areas that were once marginal are now in demand for house construction. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of a man wearing protective clothing and holding a metal detector stands in the middle of a rocky landscape. 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 arc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 1253/1(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(60)
Title:
At a music school on Kabul, boys are taught the traditional Afghan instrument the rubab. Difficult to play, it is a skill which nearly became extinct due to the Taliban prohibition on secular music. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of five musicians holding a musical instrument under some trees posed on carpets. 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, chromogen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item