1. Photo 1253/1(22)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1253/1(22)
- Title:
- The districts of Wazir Akbar Khan and Sherpur, home to all the NGOs and contractors, occupy the site of the former British fortress from the Second Anglo-Afghan War, ‘the Cantonment’. Glitzy, kitschy ‘poppy-palaces’, flung up in a hectic property boom after the land was illegally re-possessed from squatters, can command rents of $20,000 per week when leased out to Internationals. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
- Scope & Content:
- View of a city district with snowy 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 Cryst...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2010-2011
- Extent:
- 1 item