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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1253 Subject Women

1. Photo 1253/1(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(61)
Title:
Young women in the indoor skatepark of the NGO ‘Skateistan’, set up by American volunteers to help young Afghans improve their skateboarding and indoor rock-climbing skills. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of eight young women with skateboards posed on carpets in an indoor skatepark. 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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1253/1(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(69)
Title:
'Nautch Girls.' These dancing girls would have performed for the Amir in his private chambers and were a popular motif for Indian photographers like Burke. Because they are not Muslim women, they could take employment as dancers and could show their faces to foreign photographers. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of three women dancers sitting on carpets. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 286', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ARTISTE ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1253/1(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(70)
Title:
The Afghan Women’s National Basketball squad. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of a group of women with basketballs posed on carpets outside. 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

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