Back to Basics

It's been a while since my last post. Too long.

In short I've been travelling a lot, and spending much needed time working on my Arabic in beautiful Lebanon. The Middle East with its recent chaos has treated me well as usual, and I even got to go to Syria before it got really bad. Needless to say we'll be watching closely with our breaths held in anticipation. My heart goes out to the brave people of the Arab world who are fighting for their freedom and equality.

To get back online, I thought I'd post the recent article in Brown Book Magazine. Way back last Summer, I did a photoshoot with Gabriela Maj, a talented writer and photographer who was on one of her first trips to Afghanistan. Check out her article on Zarif Designs!
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Zolaykha Sherzad - designer and friend
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Shot in the Garden of Zarif Design's workshop in Kabul
 
 

More Afghan fashion

Zarif Design - New Collection
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Late last year I did my second shoot for Zarif Design www.zarifdesign.com, an Afghan fashion label that aims to bring back traditional Afghan methods of textile production by using contemporary, but at the same time, timelesss, designs.

This time the shoot took place at the beautiful fort of Turquoise Mountain www.turquoisemountain.org an NGO that was established to revive Afghanistan's traditional crafts, and to regenerate Murad Khane (see my blog post from last year http://www.sjcunningham.com/1/archives/02-2010/1.html), a historic area of Kabul's old city known for its rich cultural heritage. This setting combined with the beautiful pieces from Zarif  and the late afternoon sun were the perfect ingredients for a great shoot. Enjoy!

Photographer: Cedric Fedida
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Designer and friend, Zolaykha Sherzad.