Ιslahane Cultural Venue – Former School of Arts and Crafts Hamidie
Opening: Wednesday, 18 October, 18:00

Photographic depiction of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime from 1996 until 2001 by Dimitris Messinis constitutes an autopsy based on three interconnected aspects of reality at that time: the field of battle with Taliban fighters as the main focus, the public institutions –Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Education, Kabul Hospital- and the scenes on the street, and the civilians’ everyday life and routine.

The photographic exhibition which is a coproduction οf Momus- Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the Museum of Byzantine Culture and the Ιslahane Cultural Venue – Former School of Arts and Crafts Hamidie is organised in the context of Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023.

Exhibition design: Sissy Karadimitriou, architect, Museum of Byzantine Culture
Technical support on regard of Museum of Byzantine Culture: Georgios Alexandris, craftman

For more information please visit https://photobiennale-greece.gr/en/ektheseis/power-and-suffering-in-afghanistan-the-taliban-regime-1996-2001/