Pictures from Afghanistan — the powerful and poignant war photography of David Pratt
He has hiked across the Hindu Kush mountains and hidden out in caves with guerrilla fighters. In Kabul he was an eyewitness to the factional struggles that ravaged the city out of which the Taliban would rise.
For going on four decades David Pratt has covered conflicts around the world making him one of Scotland’s most highly regarded journalists and war photographers. Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are among many of the world’s trouble spots in which he has worked. By his own admission though, nowhere has made more of an impact on him than Afghanistan.
Premiered at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland documentary Pictures From Afghanistan follows the photographer’s intimate association with the country and its people as he returns to places where some of his most memorable images were taken.
As Afghanistan still struggles to find an elusive peace, here are a selection of his powerful and poignant photographs taken during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Pictures from Afghanistan
A portrait of Scottish war photographer David Pratt. He has reported on war-torn Afghanistan for almost 40 years, and formed a deep relationship with the country and its people.
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