Afghanistan: "This is Our Fate" --- An Encounter with My Friend Massoud Hossaini about Photography, Life, and a Suicide Bombing
Photograph: Massoud Hosseini (Agence France Presse/Getty)
Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini was awarded a Pulitzer Prize today for his visual portrait, posted above, of the scene of a bombing in Kabul in December. Days after that episode, EA's Josh Shahryar spoke with his friend --- this article is reprinted from 13 December:
Formalities become meaningless when you call an old friend who has survived a suicide bombing that took the lives of dozens. My friend Massoud Hossaini understood that just as well as I did.