Forbidden faces (4 images)

© Beb C Reynol/S4C

FORBIDDEN FACES


Afghanistan's Untold Stories
This project explores the aftermath of Talibanization on the Pashtun culture in the borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan and the
cost of censorship.

Forbidden Faces is a photo essay that approaches remote Pashtun communities and captures out-of-the-ordinary
faces to reveal their untold stories.

Since 1999, the photographer has walked across the...
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© Beb C Reynol/S4C

FORBIDDEN FACES


Afghanistan's Untold Stories
This project explores the aftermath of Talibanization on the Pashtun culture in the borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan and the
cost of censorship.

Forbidden Faces is a photo essay that approaches remote Pashtun communities and captures out-of-the-ordinary
faces to reveal their untold stories.

Since 1999, the photographer has walked across the border that separates Afghanistan from Pakistan. Out on the open, in front of a
staged backdrop, local Pashtuns are being photographed, their personal stories recorded, stirring an uneasy social behavior among
loyal Taliban followers who have so far put a dark shadow over democracy and the freedom of expression in Afghanistan.

The photo essay closely examines the predominant Afghan Pashtun in its own romantic culture, revealing a hidden passion for poetry
and music, a cultural and social fabric from which centuries of stories were told and passed on.
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