“Life in War” (FotoEvidence Press) by Iranian photographer Majid Saeedi is probably the only book about Afghanistan that doesn’t show images of war. For ten years his camera photographed daily life in the context of war. His photographs reveal the humanity of a people living through decades of war. “Life in War” is a fruit of the 2014 FotoEvidence Book Award. The annual FotoEvidence Book Award recognizes a documentary photographer whose project demonstrates courage and commitment in addressing a violation of human rights, a significant injustice or an assault on human dignity.

Afghan bodybuilders compete in a regional bodybuilding competition on April 19, 21010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Bodybuilding is a very popular sport in Afghanistan in a country where men like the image of being physically strong. It is affordable for most Afghans and it's popularity is growing in many provinces. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

A mental patient poses for a photograph in a sanitarium March 1, 2010 in Harbe, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

48-year-old Inayatullah who's feet were damaged by a land mine 8 years ago, now sells mobile calling cards to survive, photographed in December 2010, in Herat, Afghanistan. The UN Mine Information Network (E-MINE), estimates after 30 years of conflict in Afghanistan, approximately 62 people are killed or injured by mines each month in the country. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

An Afghan school boy plays on a swing on May 4, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Afghan men escape increasing summer temperatures by wading in the Qarga reservoir on July 9, 2010 in a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

An injured boy resting while one of his artificial hands hangs on the wall. He is wearing the other hand. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

A mental patient poses for a photograph in a sanitarium March 1, 2010 in Harbe, Afghanistan. Not only does Afghanistan hold the position of one of the worst health care situations in the world according to the World Health Organization (WHO) but it is also plagued with a hidden medical crisis of severe mental suffering resulting from decades of conflict and repression. It was reported by WHO that roughly five million Afghans suffer from various types of mental illness. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

An Afghan youth flies a kite on the remains of a building during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 16, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims all over the world are supposed to go without food, drink, smoking and s*x from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan in order to purify themselves and concentrate their mind on Islamic teachings. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

An Afghan woman learns how to lean a dress for a Barbie doll at a workshop. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

(R-L) Azizallah, Hashmat, Jalil and Vali Allah all lost feet and limbs after a land mine explosion, photographed in December 2010, in Herat, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Wooden horses hang from a swing during celebrations for the solar-based New Year's or Nowruz, on March 22, 2010 in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of ancient Balkh province in northern Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

An Afghan man wears a tire around his neck while sorting through plastic and metal items near a rubbish dump on October 27, 2010 on the southern outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA), about 15 million people throughout the developing world earn a living from collecting garbage. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Rahimeh, 30, shows the scars from burns she inflicted on herself sixteen years ago, April 6, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. The issue of female self immolation is incresaing in prevalence in the region close to the border with Iran, as tensions rise between the traditional subordinate role of women and the increased awareness of women's rights in the wider world. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Afghans sort through plastic and metal items near a rubbish dump on October 27, 2010 on the southern outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

5-year-old Abdol Hamid from Ghoor, was injured by a bomb explosion two week ago. photographed in December 2010, in Herat, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

(L-R) 30-year-old Gholam Rasool, from Herat who lost his feet 3 years ago after stepping on a land mine, with 35-year-old Mohammad Aref, also from Herat who lost a leg 9 years ago, photographed in December 2010, in Herat, Afghanistan. The UN Mine Information Network (E-MINE), estimates after 30 years of conflict in Afghanistan, approximately 62 people are killed or injured by mines each month in the country. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

An Afghan policeman uses his gun to swipe at opium plants as they tackle the crop on a farm on March 14, 2013, in Babaji village-Helmand Province ,south east Afghanistan. Most of the opium is chemically processed to produce herion, which ends up heading to either Iran, Russia and/or Europe. According to United Nations report, in 2012 there was an increase of 18 percent in cultivation of opium in Afghanistan; the world's largest source of the crop. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

A young Afghan woman standing beside her much older husband. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

A mental patient poses for a photograph in a sanitarium March 1, 2010 in Harbe, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

A man prays at the Qadamghah Shrine October 6, 2010 of Kabul's Saghi District, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)