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11. Photo 1253/1(24)

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Photo 1253/1(24)
Title:
The peripheries of the city of Kabul, especially to the north and east are endless building sites. Since most of the documentation concerning land title was lost during the war, much of this speculative and illegal construction is concerned more with establishing undisputable ‘facts on the ground’. Apartments and shops are, almost exclusively, unoccupied. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of building sites in the haze. 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 by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

12. 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
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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

13. Photo 1253/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(47)
Title:
'Panorama Of The City Of Cabul & Surroundings. Taken from Bala Buhj. Shepur in the Distance.' [left side] Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a city landscape with mountains on the left and in the background [left side of the panorama]. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ARTISTE PHOTO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1253/1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(48)
Title:
'Panorama Of The City Of Cabul & Surroundings. Taken from Bala Buhj. Shepur in the Distance.' [right side]. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a city landscape with mountains in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 221', lower 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

15. Photo 1253/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(58)
Title:
'Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment.' A heliograph team equipped with early Aldis lamps and signalling mirrors which were deployed for long-distance mountain-top to mountain-top communications back to Imperial India. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of sixteen men in uniform posing with signalling devices such as mirrors, lamps, flags and telescopes. There are tents and a building in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 271', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 201...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item