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The Amazing Rise And Fall Of Century-Old Afghan Box Cameras

19th May, 2021 · admin

Haji Mirzaman

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Seventy-year-old Haji Mirzaman laments as he fiddles with the wooden door on a beloved box camera he has used for 55 years. Just over a decade ago, he was one of dozens of photographers who still made a living in Kabul by shooting portraits with the primitive Afghan box camera, known in Dari as a “kamra-e-faoree,” or “instant camera.” Click here to read more (external link).

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