Road Above Kabul - Limited Edition of 1 Print

The panoramic image Road Above Kabul is offered as a single edition signed fine art print at this museum size. Road Above Kabul shows the scene along a road the winds along the hillside above the Jada-e Maiwand neighborhood of Kabul. Children walk up through the gravestones carrying brightly colored plastic jugs to fetch water. A girl carries bread balanced on her heard down the trail toward home. Boys are occupied with some manual task under a tree with yellow leaves. A group of Afghan teenagers approaches us along the rutted dirt road. Cyclists ride along the road toward us. Garbage spills down a hillside. Kabul can be seen spreading out below us and climbing the hill above. At the top of a rocky crag in the distance we can see the an Afghan Army observation point, high above the city. During the years I lived in Kabul making the feature documentary Angels Are Made Of Light I also spent many days making street portraits and large panoramic images of the city. Road Above Kabul is one of this series. I wanted to document Kabul as it really is, not the simplified and closed off images we normally see of Afghanistan, but something enveloping and immersive, that would show an entire scene - a tableau, to tell many stories in one image. As a group, the Kabul panoramas are an expansive documentary essay on life in the old city of Kabul. I chose this neighborhood in particular because it was the closest I could find in Kabul to a place that was demographically and economically reflective of conditions in Afghanistan more broadly. The goal of my work in Afghanistan and the other West Asian countries where I have lived over the past decades has always been to express to a broader audience the beautiful humanity that I found all around me. The people in these countries have suffered greatly through various wars and conflicts, but their character remains stronger than ever. My films and photographs are love poems to my friends and all the people I met and who allowed me to immortalize them in stills and in motion. A portion of my income from these prints goes to support people I have filmed and worked with in the past, their education expenses and the upkeep of their families. The signed, single edition print is 96 inches wide and 33 inches tall, which includes a 2-inch white border. This is a signed print, unframed and unmounted. This single edition print is rendered on museum quality Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, printed by a fine art printer using archival inks in the United States. About the paper: This paper feels heavy and substantial to the touch. I am making photographs as one might make paintings - in the sense that these are not action shots, mainly, but contemplations. I like the matte texture of this paper for the way it creates a painterly richness and lack of glare from the surface. In the hands of my printer the black tones of the Hahnemühle paper are deep, substantial, and pleasurable to the eye, and the colors are rich and inviting. Hahnemühle papers are designed for archival storage and are acid-free, which makes them highly resistant to ageing. The paper is also lignin-free, which means it should consist of linters or alpha-cellulose. Lignin-free paper does not yellow. Collectors are encouraged to contact James Longley directly about this print via his website: www.jameslongley.com

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:12 W x 6 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:17.25 W x 11.25 H x 1.2 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.