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.
