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About
Past Collections
Photographs
- 2000-2004
- 2005-2009+
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Diaries
Press
Contact

2000

The Pre-Kabul Pakistan Trip

Our break from backpacking — the the Lake Palace Hotel in Udaipur, Rajashtan, India

Indus River in April of 2000, Northern Territories, Pakistan

Paradise found — villages around Skardu, Northern Territories, Pakistan

River House in Gojal Valley, Northern Territories, Pakistan

Trying to get to China. Our private jeep dropped us at the border where we waited for 3 days for this bus to leave...

Sunday market in Kashgar, China

Tajiks in the Taklamakan desert, which was sadly for them, in China.

View out of my bus between Pakistan and Kashgar

2002

Common 2002 scene of children collecting refuse on the streets

Maharat’s log book of hundreds of female trainees

Maharat’s beat up 2002 workshop in the Ghale Fathollah neighbourhood

Embroiderers’ kids

2003

Those conifer trees — a big reason why I fell in love with Afghanistan

Kids in public “gardens” riddled with bullet holes. Years later, the Aga Khan Foundation beautifully restored this area.

Kabul city centre

What is left of the Daraulaman Palace

More of Daraulaman Palace

Common scene of destroyed government buildings

Suphala and a master musician teacher, Bombay

Maharat’s new digs in 2004. Palwasha, my young assistant on the right, now lives in New York City and works at American Express.

Anise, one of my oldest embroiderers

UN girl modelling the “Kooch” top

A solid silver button made at the jewellery bazaar for Tarsian & Blinkley

UN girl modelling Bamiyan top

The strange town of Fatehpour in Gujarat, full of Victorian-inspired architecture

Female embroiderers photographed for the NY Times piece

Group portrait of 2003 office staff

Some favourite embroiderers waiting for the Luke Powell photo session

My two assistants

Nasrullah and Sarah — colleagues for 14 years

Little daughter of a widow

Palace by the seaside, Gujarat, India

Villagers in the Rann of Kutch desert, Gujarat, India

2004

Carpet loom found in the interior of a friend’s newly rented house

Central courtyard of house after a little paint job

Mother visiting and modelling the Chloe blouse.

French girls at a house party

The grotty pool at the UN clubhouse was a popular gathering spot on weekends

A beautiful Afghan man and a chaotic afternoon at the Delhi airport

Snapshot of clothes for Kyodo News

Visiting friend’s compound and what would later become the beautifully renovated building for the Turquoise Mountain Foundation