Simon Norfolk
A watchtower guarding a street of foreign embassies in central Kabul. For the British army these improvised fortifications are called ‘sangars’, although the term is Dari for ‘barricade’ and is one of the few words the British brought home from the Anglo-Afghan Wars.
Artist
Simon Norfolk(British, born Nigeria, 1963)British, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
- A watchtower guarding a street of foreign embassies in central Kabul. For the British army these improvised fortifications are called ‘sangars’, although the term is Dari for ‘barricade’ and is one of the few words the British brought home from the Anglo-Afghan Wars.
- from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan
Date2010–2011, printed September 2011
Place depictedKabul, Afghanistan
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/8 × 19 1/8 in. (36.5 × 48.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner
Object number2016.224.14
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk // Photographs from the war in Afghanistan // by John Burke and Simon Norfolk // Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 // An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive // Photograph by Simon Norfolk [signed in pencil over a stamped underline] // One of 104 prints in a Burke + Norfolk portfolio special edition // Edition number 1 of eight [1 is handwritten in pencil over a stamped underline]
Norfolk prints are signed and numbered on verso lower right, within artist's stamp
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Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.3
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.22
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.7
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.21
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.8
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.15
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.44
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.55
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.85
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.82
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.81
Simon Norfolk
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.83