7 hours under the 6-lane bridge which shelters drug addicts in Kabul, Afghanistan. Here's a short 'behind the scenes' story of the images.
Around 1,000 addicts are underneath the bridge. We were cautioned against going in - there was fear we would be attacked, have all of our gear stolen, etc.
On the first day we didn't go in very far. Afterwards, I knew I didn't have the shot I wanted. I always tell myself that we're not here to do half the job - either we're doing it or we're not. I wanted to go back.
On day 2 we went with a smaller team. I walked from one side to the other with our fixer - all the way through. He kept patting me down to see if my phone was still in my pocket!
It was dark and quite noisy. There were feral dogs everywhere. A sea of men. I saw only one woman and it seemed everyone was leaving her alone.
As we walked along there were streams of water hidden under the debris, so sometimes we were ankle-deep; squelching away through the mob. There were people selling tea or bread, and a booming business for glass blowers making pipes for smoking.
Some of the men were collecting plastic to earn a little from the recyclers. This man found an orange floating by in the filty water, and bit into it right away.
On the final day we went back at dawn. We spent a last couple of hours shooting before heading back to the hotel to pack. It took about half an hour to clean my boots using an old nail.
The whole story of Afghanistan's drugs hell is brilliantly told by @benfarmerDT - you can read it here
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