Forgotten Afghanistan

• Prize
• Photographer
  Gloriann Liu, United States
• Date of Photograph
  online
• Website
  http://www.gloriannliu.com

Forgotten Afghanistan, the project that I have been photographing for the past three years,
seeks to tell stories of the continuing suffering of the Afghan people after the bombs and rockets have fallen. These photographs give a clear view into the lives of disabled Afghans. The people that I have photographed and interviewed are disabled victims from the war with the Soviets, 1979-1989, the Civil War, 1992-1996, and the war against the Taliban, 1996-2001.

• Biography
  Gloriann Liu has been a photographer for over twenty years. She received her Bachelorâ??s Degree in Art from Wichita State University and subsequently attended the Art Institute of Kansas City. She taught Art and Photography in Kansas City, Missouri for twenty years. Now residing in San Luis Obispo, California, she is applying her efforts toward increasing awareness of social issues facing our global community. To this end, she is working with several nongovernmental organizations with activities in the Middle- East and Central Asia.