21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
The last glassblower
Ghulam Sakhi, the last working glassblower of Afghanistan, in his Herat workshop. The craft of Afghani traditional glassblowing, already undermined by abundance of cheap machine-made items, has recently taken another blow when the country's economy collapsed after the Taliban takeover.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 09.2023 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2023 |
Photo Location: | Herat, Afghanistan |
Camera: | Canon EOS 6D |
Copyright: | © Mark Levitin |