Amazing photos inspired on the original paintings of Gustav Klimt, by Moises Gonzalez
"Girl in Ghulam Ali" A young girl in Ghulam Ali, a village on the Shamali Plain. Fighting between Northern Alliance and Taliban, along with massive US airstrikes in the wake of September 11 made the plain an extremely dangerous place to live. November 2001. [source] Seamus Murphy is an english photographer, born in 1959 and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He works with photojournalism since 1990, has received several awards, and six World Press Photo awards.
His new book is intitled Afghanistan: a Darkness Visible, about the people of Afghanistan, Taliban regime, civil war and elections. Photos from 1994-2004.
More about, and photos, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Afghanistan: A Darkness Visible
He walked with a staff and a rosary in his hands, and an impeccably clean turban on his head. He timed the turning of the rosary beads to coincide with his steps. He took firm, determined steps and knew where he was headed to. In the vast deserts of Samangan, at mid-day heat, he was a sight to behold.
(Samangan, Northern Afghanistan -Summer 2008 )
A little bit of what can be found on his weblog, and flickr.
Hieronimus Bosch - "The Ship of Fools" (1490-1500)
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