Robert Nickelberg‘s powerful photographic essay captures the brutality and suffering, often amid stunning beauty, f the convulsions that have engulfed Afghanistan. He present an extraordinary portfolio of images, accompanied by incisive commentary, that explain the country’s tragic history. Timely and important, the exhibition and publication serves as a reminder that Afghanistan and the rest of the world remain inextricably linked, no matter how much we long to distance ourselves from its painful realities.