By Farhad Azad
| Traveling the web you will run into photographs of a land that was once filled with peace, a land that was untouched, a land that we left with tears in our eyes. The photographs I am referring to are from a man who has been called the "Artist with a Camera" -- Luke Powell. When you view Luke Powell's Afghan Folio, done between 1973 and 1978, you see the beauty, spender and charm that each photo so breath-taking paints. Each picture is a part of our land so elegantly depicted that we may only have in our dreams. Powell's work on Afghanistan is for all Afghans and the rest of the world to take notice of the splendor and simplicity of our home land. No other photographer has every portrayed our nation so fine and so vivid in such a graceful and impressive style. It is essential that the Afghans that have lived the majority of their lives in the West to take a look and see where they came from and where their ancestry once resided. All Afghans and all that others that are interested in Afghanistan should purchase these artistic photos. Afghans should be grateful for Luke Powell's work for representing Afghanistan throughout the world through exhibits in renowned museums and universities. It is his work that people see and depict in their minds the beauty of Afghanistan. Powell uses the Dye Transfer Process for the Afghan Folio which is a delicate and time-consuming procedure. He states that it "involves shooting the original slide through red, green, and blue filters in order to make black and white masks to control color balance, highlights, shadows, or special problems. The colors of a Dye Transfer print can be remarkably clean and subtle, and they are much more permanent than prints produced by conventional processes." Over all the, Afghan Folio is filled with admiration and awe. I invite all to visit the Afghan Folio (http://www.lukepowell.com) for the first time and for those who have seen it before, take another glimpse at our native land. Once there, you will see the fabulous appeal of the art of Luke Powell. |
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