Afghanistan: A Window on the Tragedy - Softcover

Alen Silva; Malalai Joya; Ezzat Goushegir; Alan Rachins; Michael Ratner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981989179 ISBN 13: 9780981989174

Publisher: Oliver Arts & Open Press, 2011

Synopsis

Ninety-eight black and white photos, steeped in the pathos and predicament of the Afghan people, accompanied by soul-searching commentary and poetry from thirteen distinguished contributors. Basque-born photographer Alen Silva travelled twice across war-torn Afghanistan, to places few foreigners dare to venture, to bring us these soul-searing photographs of a devastated land. Among the ruins of Kabul, of the Bamiyan Buddhas, of Soviet tanks, of Afghan society -- the hope for peace still lights the weary faces of the Afghan people who welcomed him. Texts by Alen Silva, Alan Rachins, Bahman Ghobadi, Bernardo Atxaga, Ezzat Goushegir, Gillian Anderson, John Sistiaga, Malalai Joya, Michael Ratner, Mike Farrell, Suheir Hammad, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Toti Martinez de Lezea, and Yasmina Khadra.

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About the Author

Alen Silva is a 37-year-old photographer from the Basque Country, Spain. He works as a photographer for Basque newspapers. Alen has been travelling across Latin America and Asia the last 14 years. He is now planning to return to Asia and make a documentary film about the Afghan refugee camps near Peshawar in Pakistan.

Review

Alen Silva's window on the tragedy of Afghanistan is a wondrous demonstration of the value art can bring to life. His work vividly depicts the history, the haunting beauty, the glory and the horror of Afghanistan. This book rips at the conscience while it begs for a future for this ravaged land. --mikefarrell.org

About this edition

• Publisher: Oliver Arts & Open Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0981989179
• ISBN 13: 9780981989174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160