Skip to main content

The Afghan Folio

Exhibit of photographer Luke Powell's The Afghan Folio in the Osborne Family Gallery; through March 29.

  • date: 02/28/20 - 03/29/20
  • time: 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
  • location: Osborne Family Gallery • maps
Criss Library

The Afghan Folio features 32 Kodak Dye Transfer prints of Afghanistan by photographer Luke Powell.

Powell traveled to Afghanistan during the 1970s and early 1980s to document the beauty and peace of Afghanistan. His photographs show farmlands, villages, and daily lives of Afghans prior to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

The Library acquired The Afghan Folio in 1989.

The exhibit in the Osborne Gallery in Criss Library starts February 28, 2020 and runs until March 30, 2020. It may be viewed during Criss Library's regular hours: Monday-Thursday 7:00 AM - 12:00 AM, Friday 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Sunday, 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM.