Borderlands of nomadic republics. Central Asia, home of former idea of never-existing Turkestan… Maybe they’re Uzbek, maybe Kyrgyz, maybe Tatar, maybe Tajiks.. Maybe muslim, maybe christian, maybe unreligious at all. All portraits were taken during my journey to Central Asia in 2014. Every face tell its story and one day I’ll write them all down. Until this just have a look at the common face of the nomadic nation…

Mr Kyrgyz at Tien-Shan mountain stop

Fatima, Osh

Gofanow, Jalal-Abad

Pietia. German by the origin, born in Russia. Deported to Kazakhstan in 1941 as a boy, still living at Kazakh borderside, Bishkek

Karim, Jalal-Abad

Margo, Jalal-Abad

Imam, I’ve never met his name. Jalal-Abad

Sasha, Kara-su

Mehmet, Osh

Mrs Witch from the street market, Jalal-Abad

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