I read this fascinating NPR article about Farzana Wahidy and her beautiful photographs exploring life in Afghanistgan.
Born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1984, photographer Farzana Wahidy was only a teenager when the Taliban took over the country in 1996. At age 13 she was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa, she recalls, and she describes those years as a "very closed, very dark time." To carry a camera would have been unthinkable. … "I try to show the bigger image, not just show we have problems," she says. "And we do have a lot of problems, but I do want to show normal daily life." Wahidy focuses on women. "This subject was important to me because I am a woman," she says, recognizing an advantage that gives her. When she wants to document their lives, "it's easier for a woman to get access," she says.
