Farzana Wahidy

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"Many Afghan photographers are not well-connected," she explains. "We hope it will create a better connection and show Afghanistan by Afghan photographers."

"Day by day, as I started learning about photography, I fell more in love with it. There was a huge need for women photographers in Afghanistan."

"I try to show the bigger image, not just show we have problems," she says. "And we do have a lot of problems, but I do want to show normal daily life."

"Women were banned from continuing their education during Taliban rule. But some, like Farzana, found ways to keep studying. She would carry books under her burqa and attended what she calls an "underground school" with about 300 other students in a residential area of Kabul."

"She had spent her life living under the Taliban; she knew what that meant for Afghan women, and she understood that she could tell their stories in photographs."