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1. Photo 1253/1(36)

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Photo 1253/1(36)
Title:
Some of the astonishing new architecture mushrooming up in cities all over Afghanistan. Part Disney, part wedding cake; inspired by Bollywood but reverential to Greek classicism; it represents an architectless kind of architecture. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of a row of highly decorative 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 Fujicolor Crystal Archive / Pho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1253/1(4)

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Photo 1253/1(4)
Title:
'Timur Shah’s Mosque.' Photographer(s): Burke, John
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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

3. Photo 1253/1(19)

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Photo 1253/1(19)
Title:
Jaw Aka Faizal Nahman and his daughter Nono from Bamiyan province, now living in an improvised plastic shelter in the ruined gardens of Darulaman Palace. Built in the 1920s to house an Afghan parliament, ‘Darul Aman’ translates as ‘abode of peace’. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
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View of ruins of column arches with a man carrying a child standing on the left; a row of buildings is 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 /...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

4. 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