Pat's Bio

Patricia Monaco grew up in Walnut Creek and now lives in Oakland. She studied Anthropology and received a BA degree from UC Berkeley. After two trips by road through the Middle East to India in the 1960s and 1970s she decided to study photography. In 1984 she received a grant from the National Endowment for the Visual Arts for her images of the blues in Oakland and the Mississippi delta. With the grant she went to Peshawar, Pakistan to go into Afghanistan to photograph the war against the Soviets. Since 1984 she has been documenting the Afghan people and their struggle. Patricia has exhibited in many shows, including the Dallas Museum of Art and the Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery.

Artists statement: Photography is a means to raise awareness. It is a format for understanding people and cultures; for luring us into thought and emotion. My goal as a photographer is to show a sense of compassion for those whose lives seem alien to ours.

Self Portrait

Self Portrait
me and the Russian tank 1992

Boy with antiaircraft weapon at gun shop

Boy with antiaircraft weapon at gun shop
Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan 1988

Jamiat-i-Islami mujahideen camp

Jamiat-i-Islami mujahideen camp
North of Chitral North West Frontier Province Pakistan 1984

Waiting for a bus

Waiting for a bus
Bahrain, North West Frontier Province,Pakistan 1970

Road to Kabul

Road to Kabul
Between the Khyber Pass and Kabul 1992

Street Photographer

Street Photographer
Paghwan, Afghanistan 2003

Billboard of Ahmed Shah Massoud

Billboard of Ahmed Shah Massoud
A much loved hero of Afghanistan who was killed by Al Qaeda on September 10 2001. Kabul 2003

Boy carrying naan

Boy carrying naan
Mujahideen camp Chitral Pakistan 1984

Ladies and a baby

Ladies and a baby
Usho, Swat Valley 1970 (two women and baby and small boy)

Burqa-chadari

Burqa-chadari
Women in Paghman. Chadari is a full body and head covering for women. This garment has been worn by Afghan and some Pakistani women since the seventeenth century. The practice was strictly enforced when the Taliban came into power in 1994. 2003

Falconers in Gorband

Falconers in Gorband
Central Afghanistan2003

Sisters

Sisters
A refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan 2003

Truck painter

Truck painter
Pakistan 2007

Contact Pat

cameltracks@yahoo.com photogallery web site: http://www.photolaboratory.com/gallery_page_archive/patmonaco.htm
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