3N011 A trip to Qala-i Naw
- Categories
- Special Collections > Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection
- Subject
- Bādghīs (Afghanistan)
- Creator
- Brainard, Blair, 1942-
- Type
- positive slide
- Coverage - Temporal
- 1965
- Identifier
- Brainard_3N011.tif
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
- Description
- There is a brick factory in the foreground. The pits are where the mud is mixed with straw and formed into bricks. In the lower center of the picture, the snaking lines are formed bricks stacked in rows to dry in the sun. Most houses, especially in rural areas of Afghanistan are built of sun-dried brick. Then the walls of brick are covered with a smooth coating of mud, much like plaster. The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection captures the photographers experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, primarily in the city of Herat, 1965-1968.
- Rights
- Copyright for this collection is retained by Radford University. The images are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (Brained, Blair. The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection. McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of Radford University is strictly prohibited.
