Ladies of Kabul

This project is to reflect light on the women living in Afghanistan and their situation. Although burkas give a very anonymous and impersonal feeling about the lady wearing it, I gave some characteristic to the ladies under the burka with the jewelry and with their own birds in another case. I found it interesting to make shoot these symbols with those women as a contrast to what we usually see in fashion world. My intension is to experiment and observe the reaction of the viewer to the subject I'm dealing with here.

Tamboly is a professional photography and art director who has been credited with several awards for his outstanding contributions to the world of photography. Over the years, photography has become more of a lifestyle for him and not just a profession. His areas of specialities are; Conceptual photography, People/Portrait Photography, architecture and travel photography. Tamboly started working for several music magazines from 2009 including, Metalhammer and Rollingstone and photographed a variety of rock stars, among them Billy Idol, Alice Cooper, Papa Roach, The Boss Hoss, Iron Maiden, W.A.