You’ve heard us talk about the Skateistan project before. This morning Luke over at Lifelounge put me onto photographer Noah Abrams website…

For most of the Western world, the way we picture what life in Afghanistan might be like is largely influenced by five second news clippings featuring the devastating effects of war. You can be sure none of us are picturing a dude nollieing clear a cobblestone ten set… Well, that is except for LA based photographer Noah Abrams.

In the summer of 2009, upon hearing of the country’s emerging skate scene, Abrams hopped on a plane (I’m sure it wasn’t quite that simple) to go and document the Afghan locals and their wooden toys. It’s actually amazing that despite being exposed to the harshest of harshness in life that a skateboarding scene has been given the breath of life. Rolling knows no boundaries. Rad!

Pictured in the images above are some samples from the series Abrams entitled Skateistan. For more from this series and Abrams’ other exceptional photographic works, please visit noahabrams.com