A week ago we received our first guest photographer submission from a photographer who prefers to go by the name evanistan, and who lives and works for an Non-Government Organization in Afghanistan. Needless to say I was floored. In my correspondence with evanistan I told him that what I like so much about this series of images is that they are a window into a side of Afghanistan that most Americans have never seen. I think that the average American thinks mostly of all the horror stories that we hear: little girls getting sprayed with acid for going to school, the Taliban being oppressive and scary, journalists being kidnapped and beheaded, etc. What I see in his pictures are loving families, people with a sense of humor, a beautiful landscape, people that I can identify with. However, it is not just that the content of evanistan's photographs is compelling, he also has an eye for light, composition, lines, and negative space. Normally I would go on and on about this sort of thing, but I'm going to cut it short and and let evanistan do the talking, because even better than the pictures is what he has to say.
