I capture reality, never pose it. But once captured, is it still reality? Ive always tried to play with the false impression of reality, with the ambiguity of appearances. Things are what they seem to be, or maybe something else. More Richard Kalvar here.
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In October 2010, Simon Norfolk began a series of new photographs in Afghanistan, which takes its cue from the work of nineteenth-century British photographer John Burke. Norfolk’s photographs reimagine or respond to Burke’s Afghan war scenes in the context of the contemporary conflict. Conceived as a collaborative project with Burke across time, this new body [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, John Burke, landscape photography, Simon Norfolk