Thomas Dworzak's Taliban portraits at SI FEST 2022
Thomas Dworzak, a photographer born in Bad Kötzting in 1972, has been a member of Magnum Photos since 2004 and served as its president from 2017 until 2020. He is showcasing the 'Taliban' exhibition at the 31st SI FEST in Savignano sul Rubicone, which is directed by Alex Majoli. This exhibition features portraits of Taliban fighters captured in Kandahar photo studios shortly after the events of 9/11. Dworzak discovered these images while working for The New Yorker in late 2001, acquiring them from Photo Shah Zada. Initially published in The New Yorker on January 20, 2002, and later included in a 2003 Trolley Books release, the collection comprises around 85 portraits. Dworzak highlights the irony of the Taliban's willingness to pose for photographs while contemplating their current oppressive regime.
Key facts
- Thomas Dworzak presents 'Taliban' at SI FEST 2022 in Savignano sul Rubicone.
- The exhibition is part of the festival titled 'Asinelli solitari' directed by Alex Majoli.
- Dworzak collected the portraits from a photo studio in Kandahar after 9/11.
- The images were first published in The New Yorker on January 20, 2002.
- The book 'Taliban' was published by Trolley Books in early 2003.
- The collection consists of about 85 portraits.
- Dworzak does not sell prints or profit from the images.
- The Taliban regime is described as cruel and violent, oppressing women and closing schools.
Entities
Artists
- Thomas Dworzak
- Alex Majoli
- Jon Lee Anderson
- Gigi Giannuzzi
- Manuela De Leonardis
Institutions
- Magnum Photos
- SI FEST
- Consorzio di Bonifica
- The New Yorker
- Trolley Books
- Photo Shah Zada
- Artribune
Locations
- Bad Kötzting
- Savignano sul Rubicone
- Kandahar
- Afghanistan
- Paris
- United States
- Europe
- Iraq
- Ukraine
- Kabul