Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. Darulaman Palace. 30.1.2014. #Light streams through a hole in a wall of #Darulaman #Palace (“Abode of #Peace”) in southern #Kabul. The Palace was built by and housed King Amanullah #Khan nearly 100 years ago as a part of his broader intention of modernizing #Afghanistan. The Palace was to be the …
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. Kafta Bazi. 29.1.2014. A man trains his flock in the art of “Kafta Bazi” or Play of Pigeons, on his #rooftop that also houses his birds. When a competition is arranged between rival fanciers (as the trainers are known), the two attempt to guide their flocks through a series of …
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. The Afghan Sling. 29.1.2014. I haven’t met an Afghan boy who isn’t deadly with one of these. Here, they call them “Palaghman” – that’s as good as I can do with a phonetic translation anyway. I couldn’t resist buying one myself the other day and have so far managed to …
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. The Western Side of a headstone-littered hill in Qalai Musa get it’s first rays of sun for the day. There’s barely a hillside in Kabul that isn’t covered with countless slabs of slate marking the thousands upon thousands of graves. Few of them are marked but that doesn’t hinder family …
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. Roadside Trim. 28.1.2014. An elderly man, crippled by a land mine that took his right leg below the knee, makes a living cutting hair in a small, makeshift #shelter by the side of the road in the #Taimani district of #Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. #landmine #stylist #hairdresser #hair #beard …
Photo by @andrewquilty for @BURNdiary. After six hours of chasing and waiting for a visa renewal today, my writer & friend Claire and I saw clouds of rusty, orange smoke billowing from behind some buildings a couple of blocks away. Fortunately it wasn’t the result of anything malicious – as is all-too-often the case in …
Photo by @MattEich for @BURNdiary. Madelyn’s hearts mix with Meira’s handprints on a foggy glass door in Norfolk, Virginia on January 22, 2014. Well, friends, we’ve reached the end of my journey here on @BURNdiary, though it is just the beginning of the larger journey, which will take me through more than 10 states over …
@MattEich for @BURNdiary. Meira has a cranky morning moment, Norfolk, Virginia, January 23, 2014. #matteich #burndiary #norfolk #virginia #va #morning #daughter #meira #meltdown #757 #hamptonroads #thesevencities
@MattEich for @BURNdiary. Meira balancing on a chair in the morning of January 23, 2014. At 16 months, she already seems to be a bit more daring than her older sister. #matteich #burndiary #norfolk #virginia #va #family #daughter #balancing #troublemaker #testingthelimits #thesevencities
