Simon Norfolk
Kandahar Airfield.

Kandahar Airfield.

© Simon Norfolk / Gallery Luisotti

Kandahar Airfield.
Kandahar Airfield.
ArtistBritish, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Kandahar Airfield.
  • from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan
Date2010–2011, printed September 2011
Place depictedKandahar (near), Afghanistan
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/8 × 19 3/16 in. (36.5 × 48.7 cm)
 Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner
Object number2016.224.73
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Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by Morris Weiner, Houston, 2012; given to MFAH, 2016.
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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A storage yard at Kandahar Airfield looking out beyond the wire, back into ‘Afghanistan’.
Simon Norfolk
A storage yard at Kandahar Airfield looking out beyond the wire, back into ‘Afghanistan’.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.99
A storage yard at Kandahar Airfield looking out beyond the wire, back into ‘Afghanistan’.
Simon Norfolk
A storage yard at Kandahar Airfield looking out beyond the wire, back into ‘Afghanistan’.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.87
Pakistani ‘jingle trucks’ end their long journey up from Karachi at the gates of Kandahar Airfield where they wait to be scanned, X-rayed and searched. Only people, ammunition and emergency requirements come by aircraft. Warlord-owned security companies protecting convoys can charge $15,000 per truck, but a large part of the fee is paid to Taliban protection rackets.
Simon Norfolk
Pakistani ‘jingle trucks’ end their long journey up from Karachi at the gates of Kandahar Airfield where they wait to be scanned, X-rayed and searched. Only people, ammunition and emergency requirements come by aircraft. Warlord-owned security companies protecting convoys can charge $15,000 per truck, but a large part of the fee is paid to Taliban protection rackets.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.77
Security lights and communications antennae at Camp Leatherneck.
Simon Norfolk
Security lights and communications antennae at Camp Leatherneck.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.88
Afghan police trainees being taken to the firing ranges by US Marines, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand.
Simon Norfolk
Afghan police trainees being taken to the firing ranges by US Marines, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.75
The tennis court of the British Embassy.
Simon Norfolk
The tennis court of the British Embassy.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.85
The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.
Simon Norfolk
The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.82
Watchtowers on the perimeter of Camp Bastion.
Simon Norfolk
Watchtowers on the perimeter of Camp Bastion.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.83
A shaded rest area built by helicopter re-fuelling crews at Camp Bastion.
Simon Norfolk
A shaded rest area built by helicopter re-fuelling crews at Camp Bastion.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.84
Accommodation units, known as ‘pods’, for lower ranking diplomats of the British Embassy.
Simon Norfolk
Accommodation units, known as ‘pods’, for lower ranking diplomats of the British Embassy.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.81
Afghan Police being trained by US Marines, Camp Leatherneck.
Simon Norfolk
Afghan Police being trained by US Marines, Camp Leatherneck.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.65
The crew and ground staff of the new independent operator, ‘Safi Airways’.
Simon Norfolk
The crew and ground staff of the new independent operator, ‘Safi Airways’.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.63