°STEPHEN DUPONT - ‘AFGHANISTAN - Generation AK’

OVER THE PAST THIRTEEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN. I WITNESSED A GENERATION THAT HAS GROWN UP BEHIND THE BARREL OF A GUN, A GENERATION TRAUMATISED BY WAR. AFGHANISTAN IS EXTRAORDINARILY SEDUCTIVE. A SAVAGE COUNTRY OF RUGGED MOUNTAINS, DESERTS, DRUGS AND GUNS. IT TRULY IS THE FINAL FRONTIER OF MADNESS AND BEAUTY. A WILDERNESS AT THE CROSSROADS OF EAST AND WEST, IT FEELS SUSPENDED IN A TIME LONG AGO. THE SCARS OF BATTLE MIRROR THE WOUNDS OF HUMANITY ALL TOO WELL HERE. MY PHOTOGRAPHS REFLECT A NATION OF GREAT DIGNITY AND ENDURANCE. A PEOPLE WHOSE DAILY LIFE STRUGGLE IS TO SURVIVE TOMORROW!

2006