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There are no touring exhibits available at this time. If you would be interested in booking a show when one becomes available, please contact Paris Barnett at paris@center-arts.com.

From Darkness to Light

The Kabul Photography Project

“Early in 2006, I received an e-mail from the Public Affairs Office of the United States Embassy in Kabul wondering if I would be interested in working with a local Afghan non-profit organization, Aschiana. They wanted me to teach digital photography to “street working kids” that the organization was training. Taking them from wiping windshields for tips and giving them some useful knowledge that they could use to make more money.

After considering the offer and visiting with the organization via e-mail and telephone, I accepted the opportunity to travel to a country I had always wanted to visit and work with the young people of Kabul.

I gave the project a name: The Kabul Photography Project and told people what I was doing. There was immediate support. Friends from around the country—from California to New York, and of course in Abilene—sent money to purchase digital cameras for Aschiana that the students could check-out and use in their studies. The United States Department of State donated a digital lab that could process their photographs.

When I arrived in Kabul, In July 2006, there had been a terrorist bombing earlier in the morning along the road to the airport. There were scattered incidents while I was there, but generally the city was calm and the students worked hard and were interested in learning. It was a gift for me to be able to be there.

This is Kabul through their eyes.” – Bill Wright

Click here to visit Wright’s website or here to visit Wright’s Kabul Project blog.

Please contact Jessica Dulle, Executive Director at 325.677.8389 or jessica@center-arts.com for more information.