Diane and Ron
With the clouds between our knees, we jet to Salt Lake City for Nick’s conferral of his BS Degree in Computer Science and his Induction into the Order of the Sword and Shield’s National Honor Society -Omicron, Sigma Sigma.
Buzkashi Riders is a story about Johnny Czar and Brett McDonagh, who live on opposite ends of the world and come together through a thread of coincidence. Their chance meeting starts a chain of events that takes them to Afghanistan, the Land of the Buzkashi Horsemen. It is a story where impermanence is the main ingredient that makes us human and that the thread of coincidence connects us all to those we touch during our lifetime. It is a story where change results in adventure, and challenges are commonplace in life’s experience.
Subsequent to my photographic exhibition in 2018 “A Suitcase Full of Memories” which included 3 Afghan images, I had been asked if I could produce another exhibition solely on Afghanistan. I spent most of summer 2019 re-mastering my collection of 995 images from 1972-2003 (my last visit to Afghanistan).
This new photo exhibition entitled “Afghanistan Black & White 2021” was created from my Agfa film negatives shot 45 years ago. These photographs serve as a nostalgic retrospective of a time shared with 4 heroic Peace Corps Volunteers with whom I was fortunate to serve and who provided a balanced perspective to a tragic time in Afghan history.
As we all age, I think fondly of the friendships that were forged by chance and am thankful for sharing a common life purpose in Afghanistan with Tim McCormack, Jim Mathewson, Jim Hicks and Don Condon.
Ron Dizon – Home on the Hindu Kush
