About this project
Afghanistan’s recent history is a roller-coaster of foreign involvement and abandonment, resulting in a global crisis the world continues to struggle with today. The country was granted hero-status by the West when it resisted the Soviet invasion. But the vicious civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal, the rise of the Taliban and the al Qaeda attacks launched from its soil on 9/11 made it into a pariah state. Afghanistan has been invaded, used and mythologized, but rarely understood.
This project is the result of over 15 years traveling and photographing in Afghanistan, recording unexpected stories of struggle, survival and hope. My mission is to promote an understanding of this mysterious, complex and fascinating culture.
I have been working with MediaStorm, an award-winning multimedia production studio based in Brooklyn, NY (http://www.mediastorm.com) to create a documentary film. With your help, we will be able launch and distribute it online in the next few months, where it can be seen by everyone.
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Seamus Murphy has been photographing Afghanistan since 1994. His book A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan, is a rare chronicle of the country and its people over those tumultuous years. For two decades, he has also worked extensively in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America and most recently, America, on an ongoing project during what he calls “a nervous and auspicious time.” His accolades include seven World Press Photo Awards and a World Understanding Award (POYi) for his work from Afghanistan. Above all, his subject is the human. Philip Jones Griffiths described Murphy as “ a poet with a camera”. "Photography,” says Murphy himself,“is part history, part magic.” http://www.seamusmurphy.com/
MediaStorm is an award-winning multimedia production studio, working with top visual storytellers, interactive designers and developers and global organizations to create cinematic narratives that speak to the heart of the human condition. Founded by Brian Storm in 2005, MediaStorm is based in Brooklyn, NY.
MediaStorm’s stories and interactive applications have received numerous honors, including five Webby Awards, three Emmys, five Online Journalism Awards Awards and the first-ever duPont Award for a Web-based production.
