Renowned British war photojournalist Tim Page has just completed his latest assignment with the United Nations in Afghanistan. Page taught a three month Master Class in Photography to six Afghan photographers as part of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

Page is a veteran of seven wars and has covered conflicts in Vietnam, Kossovo, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua and Lebanon.

Page said “the chance to mentor Afghan photojournalists is an awesome privilege, to promote their skills and passions, so they can do the job that we have usually been assigned to do”.

The students covered the country’s democratic elections in August and honed their skills in Page’s class. The group of six included two female photographers who learnt how to edit, angle, crop, use lighting and document their country’s people and history. The course also included digital photography, laws and ethics, photo essays and visual storytelling.

The students graduated in October 2009. The results of their photos are posted on the UNAMA website.

Student Barat Ali Batoor who took the photograph above of a carpet weaving project, said Page had taught them to “build vision” and “talk with our heart”.

When he is not on assignment Page lives in Brisbane and lectures at Griffith University. He has contributed photographs to the Commonwealth War memorial in Canberra and has published a number of books on conflicts in Vietnam and Indochina.

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