Through Afghan Eyes

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<p>Photography came to Afghanistan sometime in the late 19th century. For the first time, the world could witness Afghanistan through Afghan eyes.</p>

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http://media.asiasociety.org/education/afghanistan/era3/1910.mp4

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Era:

Afghanistan in the World

Theme:

Identity & Perception

Traces & Narratives

Tradition & Modernization

Year:

1910

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Video Transcript:

<p>Photography came to Afghanistan sometime in the late 19th century, most likely from Europe.</p> <p>For the first time, the world was able to witness Afghanistan through Afghan eyes. There was portraiture, and photographs of important political events and historical turning points. Photographers documented different peoples of Afghanistan &mdash but mostly it captured the high society that could afford this new photo technology.</p> <p>The outside world had a glimpse of well-to-do Afghan families. Photography revealed a changing society. New fashions came and went. There was a life of leisure, for those who could afford it.</p> <p>And it caught the innocence that a future generation of Afghan children would not know.</p>

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