Full Description
In the early 1970s, the Tappers spent a year living with the
Piruzai, pastoralists and farmers in northern Afghanistan. They
joined the Piruzai in the spring pastures, trekked to the high
mountains of the Hazarajat in the summer, and returned with
them to their farmlands in the autumn. And they took hundreds
of photographs.
This large and lavishly produced book reproduces 380 of those
photos, most in colour. It is an evocation of a time of peace before
the country was engulfed in nearly fifty years of war. The book is
also a work of art. The landscapes are simply spectacular. But
equally striking are the pictures of family groups, of people
working and the intimate portraits of women, men and children.
All too often Afghans have been stereotyped for other people's
political purposes, but here you meet warm, clear-sighted
individuals who can laugh at themselves and are kind, curious and
wise about others.
