EXHIBITION // Opening of the photo exhibition “Colors of Afghanistan” by Õnne Pärl

 On the 18th of December at 18.00 we invite you to the opening of Õnne Pärl’s photo exhibition "Afganistani värvid" ("Colours of Afghanistan”), at TYPA gallery, Kastani 48f, Tartu.
 The exhibition introduces the everyday lives of Afghanistan and the local traditions through the lense of Õnne Pärls photography. The exhibition shows Afghanistan outside the war and conflict context, focusing on everyday people and their everyday lives.
 The photos give an overview of handcraft, calligraphy, usage of colour and different fields of life that the author photographed during her trips.
 The photos have been taken by the journalist and photographer Õnne Pärl, who spent the years 2006-2007 in Afghanistan, which gave her the change to document people’s lives in different regions. Her approach was respectful and attentive, and focused specifically on people’s average and regular everyday lives.
 The exhibition is at TYPA gallery, Kastani 48f, and is open from Wed-Sun, 12.00-18.00. Exhibition is open until 25th of January 2026.
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About the Author:
Õnne Pärl (1965-2024) studied geology at Tartu University and music theory at Heino Eller Tartu Music College. Her hobbies included playing the violin, dancing, wintery skiitrips in Siberia and singing.
She has performed at jazz, folk and blues festivals in Estonia, the Baltics, and Finland, and recorded 18 songs of her own. In 2001. she graduated Tartu University with a degree in journalism. She has written many journalistic projects for many different publications.
Õnne Pärl has written a novel “Pimeduses kulgeb tee (Tänapäev, 2015)” under the name Aleksander Aina. The novel won II place at the Tänapäev publication novel contest in 2015. Õnne Pärl lived in Afghanistan from years 2006-2007 with her husband Andres, where she collaborated as a journalist and photographer for organizations such as Turquoise Mountain Foundation, Landell Mills Ltd and Save the Children Sweden-Norway.
She is also the author of the big-format photo- and text publication “Armastatud Afganistan” (Raadi Duo, 2008).

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