Guruko, District of Dur Bobo, Province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan (December 2018) The caravan of camels leaves the village of low stone houses that are as bleak as their rubble-strewn surroundings. The few men that lead the camels take the same slow, even steps in the dust as their beasts. They head for the mountains in […]
Village of Laché, District of Shigal, Province of Kunar, Afghanistan (March 2017) The group of bearded men in Afghan garbs stand in a circle on a small hilltop. Around them, the ragged mountains of the lower Hindu Kush, now in spring halfway covered by lime green grass and shrubs frame the narrow valley. It is […]
Mehtar Lam, Jalalabad and Asadabad, Capitals of the Provinces of Laghman, Nangarhar and Kunar, Afghanistan (March 2017) A maze of an incredible number of electrical wires crosses through the greyish sky between slightly run-down one- and two-storey buildings that line – with hardly any break – all the roads that spread out from the central traffic […]
Mahdani Lojward (Lapis Lazuli Mines), District of Keron Wa Manjon, Province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan (October 2016) The fabric of the awning over the narrow veranda of the small stone hut is torn to shreds and the void space between the wooden sticks that form the frame allows a stunning view on a majestic mountain of […]
Roghiston, Province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan (August 2016) Roghiston – meaning the place of the meadows in Dari – is an apt name for this forlorn region in the northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan. While now in August the grass and fields in the valleys look already a little bit dry, the high pastures on the […]
My name is Franz J. Marty. But this is not important. As one wise man once said „names are for tombstones“ and he was right. This is not about me anyway. This is about the places I go. So I try to keep my ego out of the equation. Accordingly, you won’t find a picture […]