Bran Symondson

Bran Symondson is a photographer and ex-soldier who returned to Afghanistan after serving there in The British Army in order to capture incredibly intimate images of the Afghan National Police.

These stunning pictures were recently exhibited at Idea Generation Gallery in The Best View Of Heaven Is From Hell, and they shine a light on the idiosyncrasies of a culture almost entirely alien to the western paradigm – one with its roots very much in opium, religion and open homosexuality.

"Bran’s extraordinary set of pictures could become the images by which this conflict is remembered in decades to come."