© Peggy Kelsey
All rights reserved
Reviews & Comments
| "This body of work immediately connects us to our hearts for these honest, straightforward portraits are of women we intuitively know. Each face gazes into our souls evoking our admiration, friendship, and respect. The portraits are perfectly composed with delicate coloration so that they stand artistically complete, yet all work harmoniously together as a multifaceted, feminine statement of power. The Afghan Women’s Project is a statement of courage, a visual affirmation of beauty and strength in the midst of cruelty and war." Carol Blanchard |
| "...deeply moving stories! We look forward to your next exhibit." Steve Vera |
| "Peggy Kelsey's work, "The Afghan Women's Project" is a must-see photo-documentary of portrait and biographical narrative. It touches the strength, wisdom, brilliance, courage and suffering of a cross section of contemporary Afghan women. It is a study in the resilience of the human spirit and an invitation to humility and compassion for the viewer. It crosses the boundaries of time and culture. Stunning!" |
| "My Impressions of the work of PK
and the Afghan Women’s Project: As that old song goes "You've got to have heart, miles and miles of heart" and the age-old adages of walk a mile in my shoes and you had to be there. Well, Peggy Kelsey was there, to document the way it was, is, and the hopes and dreams for the future of those Afghan Women. The images and words bring the lives of these Afghan women to your front door. They jog your consciousness by allowing you to see and feel... It’s the individual stories of these women that add impact to the big picture. Each one of us has a story to tell and through these photos, interviews and the intimacy established we can feel more aware, more connected, more alive and more compassionate. Peggy Kelsey’s photographic slide show and personal storytelling of her trip to Afghanistan to document the lives of Afghan women for her Afghan Women’s Project make those feelings possible. What struck me about the photographs, interviews and commentary is their depth. As close as one can be without being in their body, mind, soul and situation. It gives you the feeling of almost being there. A compassionate and informative glimpse of the trials, tribulations, successes and failures of a forgotten and abused sector of Afghan society." --Henry Friedman |