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A photograph of the late Northern Alliance commander Ahmed Shah Massoud is covered with flowers at a ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of his assasination by members of Al-Qaeda

SAMAN Moises

Written on the back of this work is: “This photograph was taken in Kabul in the fall of 2003, during a parade in honor of the late afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud. Massoud, the leader of the Northern Alliance and a fervent anti-Taliban commander, was killed by Tunisian Al Qaeda operatives posing as journalists, two days before the 9/11 attacks. The Afghanistan I know is a land of clashing contrasts, of raw beauty; its landscape scarred by centuries of wars fought against foreign armies and with itself. From 2001 to 2010, I have returned over and over again, with the hope of documenting the promise of peace and prosperity made by the latest invading powers. I soon realized the fragility of this promise. I found Afghanistan staring at a precipice, its freefall toward anarchy gaining strength throughout the country and no longer confined to the Pashto-speaking provinces where the Taliban was born and remains entrenched.” — Moises Saman

A photograph of the late Northern Alliance commander Ahmed Shah Massoud is covered with flowers at a ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of his assasination by members of Al-Qaeda
Image: © Moises Saman / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
For any licensing and reproduction use of this image, please contact Magnum Photos: licensingall@magnumphotos.com
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 55450

Creation/Production

SAMAN Moises
Date: 2003 –

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

h(cm) image size:9.1
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:14
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:15.2
w(cm) paper size:15.1

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Paper

Location

In store

Categories

Ffotograff | Photograph Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art CADP content Coffadwriaeth, Coffáu | Commemoration Blodyn | Flower Gwleidydd | Politician Dyn | Man Artistiaid y 21ain ganrif | Active in the 21st Century
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