A Long View of Afghanistan’s Wars
The photographer Robert Nickelsberg has been making trips to Afghanistan since 1988. His new book-length project, “A Distant War,” goes past the current, seemingly intractable American invasion to show how a nation has been beleaguered by decades of almos
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/a-long-view-of-wars-in-afghanistan/
The reporter who worked most closely with him in Afghanistan, Tim McGirk, recently recalled seeking him out when he arrived in 1990, “thinking, unwisely, that he would keep me from getting shot at. It was quite the
reverse. Nickelsberg reacts to gunfire like a bird-dog to the rustle of quail.” Mr. McGirk, a former Time magazine bureau chief, claims to be the faster runner in retreat, but he admired Mr. Nickelsberg’s style.