Panjshiri Butcher
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. 31.1.2014. Panjshiri Butcher. It’s been a pleasure hosting the Burn Diary Insta. account for the week. Thank you to all those who took the time to take in a few little stories from a country that has a million to share. I hope you’ll excuse me for signing off with …
Beach Games Tabloid
I have very little time to write. I am shooting. In the mode. In the zone. After all of the day to day things we must do constantly just to “maintain”, it is those moments when we can actually feel and shoot and live and breathe the work that are the most rewarding. I am …
Goat Herders
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. Goat Herders. 1.2.2014. Four young boys take a break from herding their goats on a rocky hillside in the #Panjshir #Valley, lighting a small #fire of grass and roots to warm their hands on a typically cold day in the high country north of #Kabul. This small valley, an offshoot …
Buzkashi
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. Buzkashi. 31.1.2014. ** MY APOLOGIES FOR THE Y’DAY’S POST-LESS DAY. NO WWW WHERE I WAS & WHERE THE FOLLOWING POSTS ARE FROM ** The horseback game of “Buzkashi” is one of the most popular amongst central and south Asian countries. For the “wrestlers” as the participants are known, the famous …
On Duty
Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. On Duty. 30.1.2014. The security forces that man the bombed-out remains of Darulaman Palace in Kabul’s south are pretty handy volleyball players and surely they’ve got one of the more spectacular courts going around, too. #volleyball #spprts #sport #darulaman #palace #kabul #afghanistan #pool
Darulaman Palace
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 …
Kafta Bazi
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 …
The Afghan Sling
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 …