ISBN10: 189923554X, ISBN13: 9781899235544, [publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport, England] Hardcover Norfolk's color photographs of Afghanistan, both post-war and mid-war. Consciously situated within the European tradition of finding aesthetic pleasure in picturesque ruin, but without the mystery and distance usually afforded by such scenes: the viewer knows who left these piles of abandoned military equipment, what collection of armies past and present did the ruining. Beautiful in spite of itself. Includes several multi-page fold-out plates, all intact. Winner of the 2002 European Publishers Award for Photography. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Beige cloth boards in photographic dust jacket. Light shelfwear, with two small closed tears to rear panel of dust jacket. Faint toning to page borders. Near fine in very good plus jacket. Near fine in a very good + jacket.
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Stockport, England: Dewi Lewis Publishing, Date: 2002. Near fine in a very good + jacket.. Norfolk's color photographs of Afghanistan, both post-war and mid-war. Consciously situated within the European tradition of finding aesthetic pleasure in picturesque ruin, but without the mystery and distance usually afforded by such scenes: the viewer knows who left these piles of abandoned military equipment, what collection of armies past and present did the ruining. Beautiful in spite of itself. Includes several multi-page fold-out plates, all intact. Winner of the 2002 European Publishers Award for Photography. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Beige cloth boards in photographic dust jacket. Light shelfwear, with two small closed tears to rear panel of dust jacket. Faint toning to page borders. Near fine in very good plus jacket. 2002. Dewi Lewis Publishing ISBN 189923554X 9781899235544 [US]

Dewi Lewis Publishing, Date: 2003-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2003. Dewi Lewis Publishing ISBN 189923554X 9781899235544 [US]

Dewi Lewis Publishing, Date: 2002. hardcover. As New/Yes Fine. 13x11.5. A beautiful and heartbreaking collection of photographs.Afghanistan has been ravaged by war for more than twenty years; the Soviet Union, the Mujaheddin, the Taliban and the United States have all played their part. Norfolk's powerfully beautiful images reveal utter devastation on a vast and overwhelming scale. Afghanistan is unique, utterly unlike any other war-ravaged landscape. In Bosnia, Dresden or the Somme, for example, the devastation appears to have taken place within one period, inflicted by a small gamut of weaponry. However, the sheer length of the war in Afghanistan, now in its 24th year, means the ruins have a bizarre layering; different moments of destruction lying like sedimentary strata on top of each other. Signed, first edition. Very minor toning on dust jacket. 2002. Dewi Lewis Publishing ISBN 189923554X 9781899235544 [CA]