West to East, Afghanistan


  • Photographer
    Thomas Stanworth
  • Prize
    2nd Place / Nature/Landscapes
  • Date of Photograph
    13 June 2014
  • Technical Info
    Samsung Galaxy SIII Phone

This series was shot on June 13th, while flying from Herat (West Afghanistan) to Kabul. It was the day before the decisive round of the presidential election and, as we gained altitude, I was intrigued by my own detachment from the reality below. There, the insurgents’ campaign of violence was reaching its climax, but from the air, one could only marvel at the graphical beauty of the unfolding landscape. With these images of the ‘Afghanistan interior’, I hope to illustrate the severity of the terrain and, by extension, the enormous challenges faced by the Government and International Forces.

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