‘Afghan Girl’ Escapes Taliban, Evacuated to Italy
Sharbat Gula, the Afghan woman made famous by photographer Steve McCurry's iconic Afghan Girl photo, has escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been evacuated to Italy.
This Afghan Photographer’s Camera is 100 Years Old
Travel vlogger Drew Binsky was wandering the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, recently when he came across an older photographer named Haji. In this 9-minute vlog, Binsky tells the story of Haji and how he has been shooting for 65 years using a 100-year-old box camera.
‘Jihad By Camera’: How U.S.-Trained Afghans Photographed the Soviet Invasion
U.S.-trained Afghans photographed the Soviet invasion in the 1980s. These rare color photos bring the U.S.S.R.'s "hidden war" to light.
What It’s Like to Photograph at the Front Lines of the War in Afghanistan
Want to see what it’s like to work as a conflict photojournalist at the front lines of a war? …
Portraits of Afghan Girls Who Are Empowered by Skateboarding
Skateistan is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect youth to education by first introducing them to skateboarding. After hearing that a large percentage of the participants in Kabul, Afghanistan, are girls, photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson decided to shoot portraits that show how the sport is empowering young Afghan girls in a country where girls are generally forbidden from even riding bikes.
Her project, titled "Skate Girls of Kabul," is now receiving a great deal of attention around the world.