In this exhibition, Simon Norfolk has retraced the Afghani locations of photographs taken by John Burke.

The first ever photographs to be taken in Afghanistan were made by the Irish photographer John Burke (1843?-1900). His eloquent images form an extraordinary record of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), yet today he is virtually unknown.

Simon Norfolk recognised in Burke’s photographs a humane and critical eye for the British colonial project and in 2010 travelled to Afghanistan in order to follow in his footsteps. In what he terms a collaboration with his Victorian forerunner, Norfolk engaged in a kind of rephotography.

This exhibition, which first opened in May this year at Tate Modern, is now on show in Newcastle at Side Gallery until 4th February 2012.