Viktor Pinchuk presents exhibition Afghanistan, 2008 in Simferopol, Crimea

February 21, 2023

On February 6, Russian Wikinews attended the opening day of Russian photographer Viktor Pinchuk's 12th exhibition, Afghanistan, 2008, hosted by the Crimean Ethnographic Museum in Simferopol.

The 40-item collection was produced during a two-month journey, including visits to seven Asian nations, with a focus on local life. It included landscape, portrait,, , and photographs, mostly in the  style.

The exhibition drew students, members of a local teachers' club, and  veterans.

Pinchuk said, "The solo expedition, whose main purpose was to visit Afghanistan, ended successfully: stay in country, rated as the most dangerous and undesirable for tourism, went off without a major incidents; a short 'rest' in Kabul prison served as the event around which unwinds plot of the book Afghan prisoner, becoming one of adventures, without which our life would have turned into a dull execution of duties. But, main important, material for the photo exhibition was prepared in accordance with the idea, safely delivered to the homeland, and presented in the museum exhibition hall."