Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

Two pictures that were actually taken in Iran are included in The Afghan Folio, because they are visually quite similar to much of what I saw in Afghanistan. The civilizations of Central Asia have developed extensive systems for controlling water, and a village which appears to be desolate will often offer shaded courtyards, small gardens, and flowing water within. This village is located where the water table rises close to the ground at the foot of the mountain. Often tunnels are built to carry water for miles underground before it reaches the surface. In areas of the world with heavy rainfall, minerals are leached down through the soil, but in arid places nutrients can be slowly drawn toward the surface by evaporation and rising moisture. If water can be found, the land is often fertile.


Autumn Village

North of Shiraz, Iran, November 1974, 35 mm Pentax ES, 200 mm SMCT lens, Kodachrome II film, Dye transfer print 1985, �Luke Powell, 1996.