As one in every of a handful of Western photographers working in Afghanistan, Oriane Zerah has a singular perspective on day by day life within the nation. Her work is on present on the Fragonard museum in Grasse, within the south of France, in an exhibition entitled “Unveiled Girls, Males with Flowers: A brand new face of Afghanistan”, with photos that upend stereotypes about masculinity and femininity below the Taliban. She tells us in regards to the place of magnificence in Afghan tradition, about her personal expertise in the course of the Taliban takeover of 2021 and why artwork is even being prescribed to younger girls in Afghanistan who’re struggling below the oppressive regime there.