Artist Statement

Armoured Tourism: Afghanistan through a bullet-proof window is a series of photographs taken through the armoured window of a US military HumVee while on patrols with American Army's 10th Mountain Division through the highly volatile and mostly Taliban-controlled Logar province.

As most of the patrolling is done "mounted" (in vehicles), this is the view and interaction with the local population that these soldiers get  most of the time during their tour in Afghanistan.

“The reason many of the locals are looking up,” Kahn explains, “is because there is a gunner sticking out of the HumVee roof, and that is the only soldier the Afghani villagers get to interact with as his/ her body is out of  the truck.”

Artist Bio

Guilad Kahn (b. France) is an award winning photojournalist whose primary focus revolves around news, current affairs and in-depth features about the human condition in crisis and conflicts in our world.

He is based in Bangkok, Thailand, and travels to some of the world’s hardest to reach and most difficult places to work in.

Guilad’s photography has been published by most of the world’s main newspapers, magazines and content providers such as Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, Stern, Le Figaro and many others. His video work has been awarded numerous honours and has been featured by leading broadcasters.

For further information on Guilad Kahn please see www.guiladkahn.com