Snow in Samarkand – Views from the Hinterland of War

The photographic exhibition by Daniel Schwartz Snow in Samarkand –Views from the Hinterland of War confronts burning issues of the day.

Hosted by the Martin-Gropius-Bau exhibition hall, it takes us to Afghanistan and Central Asia and shows the history, geography and current state of a region that stretches from the Caspian Sea to the deserts of western China and from Kazakhstan in the north to Pakistan and Iran in the south. This region is constantly in the news as the scene of constant wars and latent conflicts.

The cycle of works made by Swiss photographer and author arose between 1995 and 2007 in the five Central Asian republics and Afghanistan and adjoining areas. For 14 years Schwartz has been travelling through this region, creating images both beguiling and dismaying – such as the seemingly timeless reception of Afghan refugees from a region hit by famine or the picture of Bam, the ruined city in Iran.

In his internationally renowned work, Daniel Schwartz examines the geographically heterogeneous and politically complex area of Central Asia both from the inside and from European, Chinese and Persian/Arab perspectives.

Date: until September 12 
Location: Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin. Niederkirchnerstraße 7.  Corner Stresemannstr. 110,
10963 Berlin. Germany
Hours: from Wednesday to Monday from 10am to 8pm