The photography of Unordinary Lives is beautiful, sensitive, and personal, yet even that wouldn’t be significant without such a strong and profound narrative. By choosing to cover a wide swath of societal issues, Juvan manages to give an overall impression of the enormity of the problems that the Afghan people are facing. The comprehensive approach illuminates the complexity, and the book manages brilliantly to express the interlinked nature of circumstances, as well as consequences and side-effects often overshadowed or sidelined by the primary narrative of war (read more)