Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul [Hardcover]

Ron Haviv (Author), Ilana Ozernoy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002

After September 11, famed photographer Ron Haviv, who has covered conflicts in Africa, Russia, the Middle East and the Balkans, embarked on a trip to Afghanistan with writer Ilana Ozernoy (U.S. News & World Report, the San Francisco Chronicle and The Boston Globe).

The photographs capture the period from October 2001, through the liberation of the city of Kabul, to the fall of the Taliban regime at the end of December 2001.

Editorial Reviews

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Lyrical images and graceful words transport you to a city, a country, and a people we should never have forgotten. -- David Rhode, New York Times Pulitzer Prize Winner

The journey is hardly happy, but it is intensely human, and it is one not to be missed. -- Mort Rosenblum, Associated Press

About the Author

Throughout his career as a photojournalist, author Ron Haviv has convered conflicts and crises in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Persian Gulf, Russia, the Blakans and Afghanistan. He is a contract photographer for Newsweek and his work is work is widely published by magazines throughout the world including Time, Esquire, German Geo, Stern, Paris Match, and The New York Times Magazine.

Haviv's photos have been exhibited at the United Nations, The Newseum, and the Council on Foreign Relations and have earned him several World Press, Picture of the Year, and Overseas Press Club awards as well as the Leica Medal of Excellence. He has contributed to several books, including Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: de.MO (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970576854
• ISBN-13: 978-0970576859
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 10.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,343,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The shock The beauty The truth - War Reporting at its best, September 3, 2002

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Dmitri Chekaldin (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul (Hardcover)

Success in war reporting can be excruciatingly elusive. Especially in military photo journalism. In America, where the vast majority takes a car to drive to the burger joint two blocks down the road, it can be a Sisyphus task to invoke deep emotions for human suffering. Of course, I am not taking into account tears - the cheapest and easiest commodity that will secure an Oscar in no time. I am talking about emotions and feelings that make one understand that there is something terribly wrong with humankind. Mr. Haviv and Mrs. Ozernoy have successfully invoked exactly the latter.

I believe that this book does not just introduce one to the roots, core and consequences of the war in Afghanistan. It laces one into the complex fiber of life that almost does not want to part from medieval. Mr. Haviv has captured an ethnos in a conflict that is intertwined with the essence and color of hard land called Afghanistan. Mrs. Ozernoy added descriptive passages that make one wish for an ability to rebel against passivity of comfortable nations.

I was stunned to actually feel uncomfortable when I was looking at the pictures of troops' movements. I almost felt dust penetrating my retina. Then my eyes were soothed by pleasing colors of Afghan fabrics that were part of a picture depicting life of women there.

There are many brilliant allegories in this book. When understood, they will help us all live peacefully.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars loved it, August 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul (Hardcover)

Mr. Haviv and Ms. Ozernoy have captured the complexity of modern Afghanistan poignantly. The journal is reflective and thought-provoking, and the photographs are both tragic and beautiful. A must buy for someone who wants a real glimpse of Afghanistan and its people during the intitial stages of the war.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mind-opening experience, August 30, 2002

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"keetya" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul (Hardcover)

This book was recommended by a friend of mine, who said the book really opened her mind to the people of the country of Afghanistan and to their struggles. After reading this book, I see what she means! The pictures are beautiful, in a haunting way, and the images will stay in my mind for a long time. After hearing so much about Afghanistan on the news, it was refreshing to finally see what life is like for the real people. The commentary is sharp and savyy and went well with the photos. This is one book I won't forget because I learned so much from it!