Stephen Dupont – Afghanistan: The Perils of Freedom 1993-2009
Stephen Dupont – Afghanistan: The Perils of Freedom 1993-2009
US Marines, 2ND Battilion, Echo CO., on weapons search in Asadabad, Afghanistan, August/September 20052005 © Stephen DUPONT (CONTACT PRESS IMAGES)
15 October – 20 November 2010
Over the past 15 years I have been documenting the human condition of war and the ever-changing face of Afghan society: from the battlefields, to the graves, refugees, child labour and the rise of the Taliban. The life of Afghanistan’s national hero Ahmed Shah Massoud; to the current US-led War on Terror and a spiralling narcotic’s disaster.
I wanted to be the eyes and voice of the Afghan people, to capture the horrors and beauty of this sad and alien land.
This is their story.
An Afghan woman refugee walks through Shamsatoo Refugee Camp near Peshawar, Pakistan. January 01.
An anymous portrait of a man in Kabul using an Afghan photographer’s street studio backdrop, 2006. AFGHANISTAN
Installation View, Courtesy of ACP.
Installation View, Courtesy of ACP.
Installation View, Courtesy of ACP.
Installation View, Courtesy of ACP.
Installation View, Courtesy of ACP.
