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Forensic Traces of War
Simon Norfolk

Forensic Traces of War

Photos
30
Status
Public
Created
May 26, 2013
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
Categories
Documentary Fine Art

Photos (30)

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Former teahouse in a park next to the Afghan Exhibition of Economic and Social Achievements in the Shah Shahid district of Kabul. Balloons were illegal under the Taliban, but now balloon-sellers are common on the streets of Kabul providing cheap treats for children. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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The Ministry of Planning. Baghdad 19-27 April 2003. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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The district of Afshar in western Kabul. This Hazara neighborhood was completely devastated during ethnic fighting between the resident and Rabbani’s forces in the early 1990s. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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The BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station at English Bay Picture made 25 Aug to 4 Sept 2003. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Part of the fire fighting system of the supercomputer that designs France’s nuclear weapons. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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The unorganized camp at Moro in the Province of Moyen Chari, in southern Chad, 25km north of the border with the Central African Republic. In May 2003, at this location there were 6,000 of the approximately 30,000 CAR refugees in Chad. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Children’s playground, Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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The Granizal district of Medellin, Colombia, first populated by refugees (IDPs) 30 years ago. The football pitch was previously the camp’s refuse patch and can’t be built on due to the danger of subsidence. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Gold Beach, Normandy. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Afghan Refugees living at Kacha Garhi Camp, near to Peshawar, Pakistan. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Abandoned mortar shells in a date grove in Atifya, northern Baghdad. Baghdad 19-27 April 2003. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Part of the supercomputer that designs France’s supercomputers. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Military hangars containing spares for planes and helicopters at Kabul Airport, destroyed by American bombs. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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BlueGene L, the supercomputer that designs America’s nuclear weapons. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Juno Beach, Normandy. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Track of destroyed Taliban tank at Farm Hada military base near Jalalabad. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Path leading up to the mass grave site at Crni Vrh. To deter anyone from examining the site, the Serbs seeded the area with landmines. War crimes investigators have cleared the path and grave site so that they can recover the bodies, but the forests are marked as a still active minefield. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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TERA-1, the supercomputer that designs France’s supercomputers. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Crni Vrh, untitled No.6. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Burj el-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut. Palestinians have been refugees in Lebanon since 1948. This alleyway leading between the buildings in the centre of this picture, is one of the camps main thoroughfares, which are grossly overcrowded because the government will not allow any expansion of the camp. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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The River Drinjaca between Kladanj and Vlasenica. The Serbs separated women and children from the other Bosniac captives and bussed them to Bosnian Government-held territory. Near this location the buses were stopped, the men were separated off and then killed in an isolated field. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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TERA-1, the supercomputer that designs France’s supercomputers. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Oumuh, dying of AIDS. Monrovia, Liberia. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Rashid Street in Central Baghdad. The building on the right overlooks the bridge and was heavily damaged in the fighting. Baghdad 19-27 April 2003. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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TERA-1, the supercomputer that designs France’s supercomputers. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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A controlled explosion of an American fuel convoy in Iraq being filmed on the set of ?Over There?, a Fox TV production about the life of a US Army platoon in contemporary Iraq. Being filmed in Chatsworth, just north of Los Angeles. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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BlueGene L, the supercomputer that designs America’s nuclear weapons. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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Aluminum waste pond at Petkovici, part of the Karakaj aluminum factory complex. In the afternoon and evening of 14th July 1995, hundreds of Bosniac men and boys were taken to the embankment of the dam that holds back the massive waste pond of the aluminum plant and executed. Some of their bodies are believed to have been thrown into the lake, others piled in mass graves. © Simon Norfolk
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Har Homa, one of the newest illegal settlements built to encircle Jerusalem. The settlements almost always occupy the hilltops. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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The North Gate of Baghdad, the scene of fierce fighting, Baghdad 19-27 April 2003. From "Forensic Traces of War" © Simon Norfolk
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