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In our selfie-happy world where we can take a photo anytime of anything we want, it's difficult to conceive of life in which photography is completely banned.

No photographs, ever – or face severe punishment.

From 1996 to 2001, that was life in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

After the Taliban fell from power, free press and photojournalism were born.

A new documentary called Frame By Frame takes us to Afghanistan, where we meet four Afghan photojournalists who are working to reframe their country for the world and for its people.

Mo Scarpelli tells us that she and her co-director Alexandria Bombach were drawn¹ to the subject because it gave them a chance to see life in Afghanistan the way that people who live there do, a perspective not often portrayed² in the media.

And, in a relatively³ young climate of photography, the two wanted to look at what it is actually like to take photographs as a professional in a space in which it used to be entirely⁴ outlawed⁵.

She tells us that the project started out small, but grew in scope once they started working.

"We thought we were going to make a short film, (but we) met four people who just blew us away. They were incredible and all had very unique takes on what they did and also on how they covered their own country," Scarpelli says.

Three of the four subjects in the film were children during the Taliban regime who didn't discover photography until after the Taliban fell from power, she says.

The fourth is a man who shot photographs in secret during the Taliban's rule. Scarpelli tells us that he worked as a painter, contracted to paint portraits of the Mujahideen leadership, and using those connections gained access to the north in order to document the front lines of the war between the Mujahideen and the Taliban.

There, Scarpelli says he uncovered an ongoing⁶ genocide against the Hazara and smuggled⁷ rolls of film through Taliban checkpoints disguised as pill bottles.

Scarpelli tells us the film's cinematography was heavily influenced by the four photojournalists' styles, and hopes that this sort of portrayal⁸ of Afghanistan and its people will help fill in some of the gaps for many of us for whom the country is still so unknown.

"There's very few films that have been shot in Afghanistan that really tap into the feel of the place," she says. "We wanted to convey the sense of empathy that they all find within their photographs."

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

5 outlawed   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
• I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。

6 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

7 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

8 portrayal   

n.饰演；描画

参考例句：

• His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
• The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。