The Photographer - Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Docters without Borders 

• 2009 
• Fotograaf Lefèvre 
• First Second publications 
• Guibert, Emmanuel 

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  Lemercier, Frédéric

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Comic Books

The Photographer - Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Docters without Borders

Guibert, Emmanuel, Lemercier, Frédéric

Guibert, Emmanuel, Lefèvre, Didier

2009

Soft cover

First edition

Partly coloured

978-1-59643-375-5

268

23.0 x 29.7 cm

The book divides the three-month trip into three parts: the journey into Afghanistan, the medical mission, and the trip out. The book opens in Pakistan, with the then-29-year-old Lefèvre meeting the members of the team, including leader Juliette Fournot. It then documents the mission's trip to Afghanistan's Yaftali Sufla District, to the town of Zaragandara,[3] to establish a field hospital and staff another one. There are many photos and illustrations of the country's rugged natural beauty — as well as the destruction caused by the ongoing war. All during these moments, the reader learns about Afghani customs, women's roles, a doctor's story of how he came to Afghanistan, and much more. The book shows the team's reception in Afghanistan: being greeted and hosted by local leaders, and seeing teenage mujahideen displaying their machine guns before heading to battle. It also shows villagers wounded by Soviet bombs;. The last section follows Lefèvre's near catastrophic attempt to walk back to Pakistan without the rest of the MSF team.