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41. 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

42. Photo 1253/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

43. 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

44. 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

45. Photo 1253/1(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

46. 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

47. Photo 1253/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

48. Photo 1253/1(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

49. 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

50. Photo 1253/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(14)
Title:
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