{"product_id":"khalid-hadid-disasters-of-war","title":"Khalid Hadid - Disasters of War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\"The story behind the images in this book is complex, but to summarize, here's what happened: Khalid Hadi, an 11-year-old boy, became a photographer for a foundation helping victims of the Soviet-Afghan War in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Orphans, wounded fighters, civilians—for three years, he photographed 10,000 victims of the conflict with a wooden-cased camera for the foundation's administration. When the Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan, he was determined to continue working as a photographer and accepted a job for the oppressive leaders: taking pictures of Taliban infrastructure and other projects. But after a few years, he could no longer bear the situation and fled to the United States where, by chance, he met the renowned photographer Edward Grazda. This was in 2001, just before 9\/11. Khalid showed Edward a photograph of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, which he had taken eight years earlier at the foundation. Mullah Omar had been wounded in the eye during a battle as a mujahideen. At that time, Mullah Omar, though highly sought after, was a mysterious figure, and no known photographs of him were available. With Edward's help, the image was made public through Magnum. Disasters of War, edited by Edward Grazda, illustrates some of the photographs Khalid took during his years as a photographer using a box camera. The quiet beauty of these time-worn images conceals the shocking violence of an outrageous occupation that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. A chapter of history almost forgotten outside of Afghanistan, yet one that marks the very beginning of the formation of terrorist groups, supported by Western powers in the final years of the Cold War. International terrorist groups that continue to resonate around the world.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lot 49 Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45051859632310,"sku":"9783950277364","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/3600\/9910\/files\/9783950277364.jpg?v=1775922416","url":"https:\/\/lotfortynine.com\/products\/khalid-hadid-disasters-of-war","provider":"Lot 49 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}