The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn 1986 Afghanistan used to be torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union This graphic novel photo journal is a record of one reporter s arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan accompanying the Doctors Without Borders Didier Lefevre s photography paired with the art of Emmanuel Guibert tells the powerful story of a mission undertaken by women and men dedicated to mending the wounds of war Didier Lefevre used to be a photojournalist who accompanied a Doctors Without Borders team on a mission into Afghanistan On the height of the war between Soviet Russia and the Mujahidin This book combines photographs and narrative art to tell the story of Didier Lefevre s travels in Afghanistan In 1986 Afghanistan used to be torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union This graphic novel photo journal is a record of one reporter s arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan accompanying the Doctors Without Borders Didier Lefevre s photography paired with the art of Emmanuel Guibert tells the powerful story of a mission undertaken by women and men dedicated to mending the wounds of war Emmanuel Guiberthas written an excellent many graphic novels for readers old and young from the raucous and sillySardine in Outer Spaceseries to the sweeping World War II biographical epic Alan s War Guibert lives in Paris with his wife and daughter Didier Lefevrewas a French photojournalist who traveled the world extensively frequently reporting from essentially the most remote and harrowing situations possible A Texas Library Association Young Adult Round Table Really useful Graphic Novel On the end of July 1986 Didier Lefevre left Paris for Afghanistan He barely returned to tell the tale It used to be his first major assignment as a photojournalist documenting a Doctors Without Borders mission Camera in hand the traveled with a band of doctors and nurses into the heart of Northern Afghanistan where the war between the Soviet Union and the Afghan Mujahideen used to be raging The missio
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In 1986, Afghanistan used to be torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter’s arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan accompanying the Doctors Without Borders. Didier Lefèvre’s photography, paired with the art of Emmanuel Guibert, tells the powerful story of a mission undertaken by women and men dedicated to mending the wounds of war.

Take a Look Inside The Photographer
These color panels and striking landscapes document Didier Lefèvre’s journey across the Hindu Kush mountains with Doctors Without Borders (click each and every image to see the full page).

Mountain crossing with a caravan of horses and donkeys

 Clinic in northern Afghanistan’s Yaftal Valley

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