Streets of Afghanistan was published by Hatherleigh Press in 2013 and documents the 2012 art installation I created in collaboration with Afghan and international photographers. The installation toured Afghanistan as a life-sized, pop-up street art installation.
I documented the installation tour with my long-time friend and collaborator, Tony Di Zinno, who also had images in the exhibition from our first trip together in 2008. The book documents six of the public installations and the process of bringing the exhibition to Afghanistan. The beauty was the public's interactions with the shows, especially young kids. Streets of Afghanistan illustrates the power of representation through art in a country where photography is a daily occurrence for Afghans, but rarely do they get a chance to interact with the images taken. The exhibition and the book normalize the importance of public art in conflict zones.
Art belongs everywhere.