History of Afghanistan’s photography : Afghanistan Development and Peace Research Organization / authors Nabi Khalili & Ahmad Shafaee.

Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.

“Like other artistic genres, photography was once in its prime in Afghanistan, but through the last three decades, little attention has been paid to the artistic and practical aspects of this art. The little progress we see today has been due to the foreign photographers presence who have mostly published and reported the war photos of this country and professional photography has received little attention. After the fall of the Taliban, and the emergence of some photography institutes such as AINA ; 3rd Eye photo journalism center…etc, some of the young Afghan photographers got trained and as a result, there are now a few Afghan…”—back cover.

Contents: Chapter one : history of photography—Chapter two : history of photography in Afghanistan—Chapter three : different genres of photography—Chapter four : laws, governments and photography—Chapter five : law, institutes and organizations related to photography in Afghanistan—Chapter six : challenges of photography and photographers in Afghanistan—Chapter seven : the achievement of Afghan photography—Chapter 8 : famous photographers and photos.

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