(Exotic) Postcards

What kind of carbon footprint does a postcard have?! © Nina Buesing

Postcards are fun. I always enjoy postcards, especially from places I love or have never been. I like the idea that a postcard is a physical thing that traveled to me. My friends and family still do send me postcards -- particularly my mom and Andrea always remember. Andrea travels to some pretty unusual places and sometimes it takes months but her postcards always arrive --pretty amazing. I also like monies from different countries or little natural things like shells or sand.


old & new Afghani monies - thanks Andrea :)

Thus it is no surprise that I much enjoyed "Exotic Postcards -The Lure of Distant Lands" a tremendous collection of vintage postcard published by Thames & Hudson. It's beautifully printed and available new & used - both at a reasonable prices.

The Kite Runner News

"'The Kite Runner' Film Outlawed in Afghanistan" from today's New York Times, an article by Abdul Waheed Wafa.

More Afghanistan

Afghanis 2007 © Andrea Woodhouse

Andrea has posted more pictures from Afghanistan on Flickr.

Yesterday at the Pace/McGill Gallery I saw the latest exhibit by Fazal Sheikh, who has extensively worked in Afghanistan and some of those portraits are included in his current show. The exhibit ends in a couple of days, but you can also see these images in his book "The Victor Weeps: Afghanistan". Mr. Seihkh is a gifted photographer, and he always approaches his subjects with respect, producing dignified portraits.

Afghanistan

My friend Andrea, who is like a little, but much more brilliant sister to me, is currently travelling through Afghanistan. You can see some pictures she took along the way on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/andreawoodhouse/2040525582/


Afghanistan November 2007 © Andrea Woodhouse

Andrea's friend Rory Stewart in turn wrote a non-fiction book about his experience walking through Afghanistan in 2002 called "The Places in Between". Conde Nast Traveler called it one of the 86 greatest travel books of all time.
The Kite Runner, the fiction bestseller by Kabul born Khaled Hosseini is also a touching read. An epic story that encompasses three decades of Afghan history and re-introduces Afghanistan to the post 9/11 (western) world.
The Kite Runner also opens as a movie December 14, 2007. You can take a look at the trailer here: www.kiterunnermovie.com.