KATHERINE KIVIAT PHOTOGRAPHY
Afghanistan: Bamiyan Buddhas
![Bamiyan Buddhas Landscape photograph of the male Buddha niche in Bamiyan Afghanistan on May 6, 2005. The 1,500-year Buddhas were carved into sandstone cliffs but were destroyed in 2001 by the hardline Islamist Taliban regime for being {quote}un-Islamic{quote}.](http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ebf31c6b8/images/bamiyan-2.jpg)
Bamiyan Buddhas
Landscape photograph of the male Buddha niche in Bamiyan Afghanistan on May 6, 2005. The 1,500-year Buddhas were carved into sandstone cliffs but were destroyed in 2001 by the hardline Islamist Taliban regime for being "un-Islamic".