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.

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 / Gallery Luisotti

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.
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.
ArtistBritish, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
  • 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.
  • 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 number2016.224.77
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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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‘The Museum Of The Jihad’ in Herat. In the centre of the tableau of anti-Soviet mujahedeen guerrillas is Ismail Khan, one-time Governor of Herat and minister in the national government. Mythologising their role in the Jihad helps justify their control and ownership of Afghanistan’s modern warlord economy.
Simon Norfolk
‘The Museum Of The Jihad’ in Herat. In the centre of the tableau of anti-Soviet mujahedeen guerrillas is Ismail Khan, one-time Governor of Herat and minister in the national government. Mythologising their role in the Jihad helps justify their control and ownership of Afghanistan’s modern warlord economy.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.12
Pakistani apples for sale at a roadside market.
Simon Norfolk
Pakistani apples for sale at a roadside market.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.34
A de-mining team from the Mine Detection Centre in Kabul with a member of the German Police who is mentoring them.
Simon Norfolk
A de-mining team from the Mine Detection Centre in Kabul with a member of the German Police who is mentoring them.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.52
At a music school in Kabul, boys are taught the traditional Afghan instrument the rubab. Difficult to play, it is a skill which nearly became extinct during the Taliban prohibition on secular music.
Simon Norfolk
At a music school in Kabul, boys are taught the traditional Afghan instrument the rubab. Difficult to play, it is a skill which nearly became extinct during the Taliban prohibition on secular music.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.60
Young women in the indoor skatepark of the NGO ‘Skateistan’, set up by American volunteers to help young Afghans improve their skateboarding and indoor rock-climbing skills.
Simon Norfolk
Young women in the indoor skatepark of the NGO ‘Skateistan’, set up by American volunteers to help young Afghans improve their skateboarding and indoor rock-climbing skills.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.61
Officers. (QO) Guides.
John Burke
Officers. (QO) Guides.
1878, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.62
Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment.
John Burke
Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment.
1879, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.58
Jellabad. Scene in the City with musicians.
John Burke
Jellabad. Scene in the City with musicians.
1878–1880, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.59
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
Another view of the Camp.
John Burke
Another view of the Camp.
1878–1880, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.97
Bala Hissar Palace. Cabul.
John Burke
Bala Hissar Palace. Cabul.
1878–1880, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.93
There are 16,000 US Marines aboard Camp Leatherneck spread over 1,600 acres. Empty shipping containers are used as storage, wind breaks or blast walls. In May 2010 a mysterious fire, that may have been sabotage, destroyed 9 acres of containers. It burned so furiously that fire fighters even lost two of their fire engines.
Simon Norfolk
There are 16,000 US Marines aboard Camp Leatherneck spread over 1,600 acres. Empty shipping containers are used as storage, wind breaks or blast walls. In May 2010 a mysterious fire, that may have been sabotage, destroyed 9 acres of containers. It burned so furiously that fire fighters even lost two of their fire engines.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.95