AFGHANISTAN: UNORDINARY LIVES by Manca Juvan
Title: AFGHANISTAN: UNORDINARY LIVES
Author: Manca Juvan
10/9/2012 – 10/20/2012
Reception and Discussion on Friday, October 12th, 6 to 9pm
Exhibition intro:
More than ten years after 9/11 and the international community’s intervention against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the promises of bringing democracy and rebuilding this war-torn nation have proved elusive. The ongoing war and instability in Afghanistan – justified in the name of international security yet sweetened with fleeting glimpses of domestic peace, development and prosperity – continues to diminish the hope of the Afghan people, who have been caught up in this endless conflict of interests and struggles for money, power, and control. Stories of ordinary Afghans deserve to be both told and seen in order to remind us what the real images of war and poverty – of lives far from ordinary – look like.
A continuous discussion on Afghanistan is important and we wish that this project will help evolve one that will be focused on the human aspect of war rather than one – usually in the focus of the international community – that speaks about military operations and strategies.
Please check and share your thoughts via: www.unordinarylives.com
Next to the opening of the exhibition Unordinary Lives by Manca Juvan, a discussion, reflecting past and current development policies of international community in Afghanistan, thinking of the possible scenarios and solutions beyond 2014, is organized.
Confirmed Speakers Include:
Matthew Sherman, former State Department official
Renata Dwan, Senior Officer, UN civilian capacities initiative
Steve Connors, freelance photojournalist and award winning filmmaker
Vanni Cappelli, writer and president of the Afghanistan Foreign Press Association
Manca Juvan, award winning freelance photojournalist
MODERATOR: Michael Scammell – writer, translator, biographer, and past president of PEN American Center.
Exhibition and Reception for Manca Juvan is made possible in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Washington D.C.
Nazar, a mental patient. Herat, Lunatic Asylum From Unordinary Lives series, Afghanistan 2003-2009
Agha Gul fought against the Taliban. Herat, Lunatic Asylum From Unordinary Lives series, Afghanistan 2003-2009
Kachabeck with his third wife and a child at home. Both of his former wives died due to delivery complications. Wakhan Corridor From Unordinary Lives series, Afghanistan 2003-2009
Amar Jan, 18, orphan. His parents died during the civil war. Herat, Lunatic Asylum From Unordinary Lives series, Afghanistan 2003-2009
Girls training karate. After the fall of the Taliban different sports for girlsand women are becoming very popular. Kabul From Unordinary Lives series, Afghanistan 2003-2009
Boys waiting in line for a warm meal. Kabul, Tamaskan orphanage From Unordinary Lives series, Afghanistan 2003-2009
A man walking in the poppy fields and holding a rosary, called a ‘tasbih’ in his hands. Badakhshan From Unordinary Lives series, Afghanistan 2003-2009
