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I Travelled 40,000 Km Across Siberia To Photograph Its Indigenous People. One Year Later Here’s The Result
Hi! My name is Alexander Khimushin. Nine years ago I packed my backpack to see the world and have been globe-trotting ever since visited 85 countries. While world traveling, I realized that people are the most amazing part of it.
Three and a half years ago I came up with an idea of the photo series 'The World In Faces' that would celebrate the beauty and diversity of the world through the portraits of ordinary people. Especially from those remote places, where culture and traditions are still alive. Since then I have taken thousands of travel photography shots all over the world. For almost a year I have been photographing indigenous people of Siberia and Mongolia.
An enormous region, almost double the size of Australia and 30% larger than the United States, Canada, or the whole of Europe. Siberia is one of the world’s last frontiers of the unknown. No doubt, everyone heard that it is very cold and sparsely populated, but what do we know about the Siberian people living there?
To find out, I was driving behind an SUV wheel alone, covering around 40,000 km, and visited many remote locations across Siberia: from lake Baikal shores to the coast of Japan sea, from endless steppes of Mongolia to the coldest place on Earth - Yakutia. All with only one mission - to capture the faces and traditions of various groups of indigenous people living there in my interesting photos. While some of the ethnic groups are dominant in their regions, many others are on the edge of disappearance, with a total population as low as only a hundred people left. Until now they remain largely unknown to the outside world.
You have probably seen already the first part of my portrait photography series from Siberia. Here is the second. More to come.
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Even Little Girl
Sakha Young Woman
Dukha Woman
Even Young Woman
Ulchi Little Girl
Oroqen Young Man
Buryat Young Woman
Uilta Girl
Sakha Young Woman
Yukagir Man
Dolgan Young Woman
Evenki Reindeer Herder
Love these... i had a chance to meet some of the Sami people. The reindeer that they herd, use for food and clothing, and transportation are amazing animals. Their relationship with the reindeer and the environment is beautiful.
Buryat Man
Chukchi Girl
Is there any notice of how these garments are made? Think of thousands of hours preparations, then painstakingly sewing them together, and lastly, the embellishments. Just wow.
Negidal Girl
Evenki Woman
Evenki Man
Udege Woman With Child
Tofalar Boy
Taz Woman
look at her hands. they tell of a life with a lot and hard work.
Semeiskie Woman
When I'm old, I want to dress like that: great ropes of amber around my neck, colors to wake the dead, and the jeweled crown to my own personal queendom. YAASS.
Russkoustincy Woman
Sakha Young Man
Nivkh Man
Nanai Man
The embroidery reminds me of Metis designs on ceremonial clothing. Gorgeous.
Ulchi Man
Udege Man
Even Man
Orochi Woman
Только в вашем портретном ряду хорошо просматривается их различие ( при кажущемся неопытному глазу сходстве),великолепие праздничной одежды. Вы делаете это необычный цикл портретов( так и хочется сказать- картин) важный не только для нас, но и самих участников проекта.
These are beautiful, thank you for sharing them! I love their faces, and especially the beautiful work that goes into their garb. Just amazing...
Exactly my thought. These people seem to put so much time, care and effort into what they do, it feels like the opposite of our lives in big industrial cities, where we run everywhere to go nowhere.
Load More Replies...Thank you for saying this John. I work on this project for almost 4 years in remote places with not much comfort and harsh living conditions. It is very important to know that there are people out there who value what I do. THank you
Load More Replies...The diversity of World is ¡¡¡ wonderful!!, many,many colours, many, many faces,,,many,many opcions. Thanks for your splendid job. Congratulationes
Thank you Judit! It was very challenging to travel in those cold and remote places as there are sometimes just a dirt track and not a soul for hundred miles around. I will be continuing my journey in 2 weeks, this time to Arctic, above the polar circle area reachable by a helicopter only. More portraits to come. Stay tuned
Load More Replies...Beautiful. Aweinspiring. Am lost for words. Such feelings and thoughts.
Thank you for sharing your stunning photographs. I truly hope that these native peoples continue to keep the traditions of their tribes alive. So much tradition has disappeared into modern times. There is so much steeped in tradition.
Wow! Outstanding and beautiful work! All of the portraits are gorgeous! I’m a fan now.
HI Luis! Thank you for the appreciation of my work! I will be publishing more portraits from other regions as well. Stay in touch!
Load More Replies...Hi Johanna! He was a great photographer of his time. Thank you!
Load More Replies...Thank you for the interest in my photgraphy, Shiritoru!
Load More Replies...I enjoyed seeing these pictures. An ensemble of faces that makes one think about what their lives must be like. Each has e a beauty of its own that the photographer has caught perfectly!
Stunning work, Alexander. Your efforts were rewarded. I hope to see more.
These photographs are brilliant and I found your sit by accident, I have a book call the world in pictures from about the 1940's. As a child i loved looking at this book. The way these photos are taken makes me want more and I will be looking up some of these people on the internet... Thank you for your work..
Stunning portraits! And what a catalog of ethnic embroidery, design and other decorative arts! Thank you so much!!!
I found this so beautiful to see. Thankyou for doing these photos and posting them. It is wonderful to see the costumes and the faces. Very good portraits of them. Thankyou again
Your photographs are beautiful. I am grateful for them and only wish I could have gone along to write their stories. Thank you for revealing these faces, clothing, ornaments, and human souls. Linda Hogan, Chickasaw author.
Nothing tells a story like a weathered face. I could stare at these portraits for hours just trying to imagine the experiences these people have encountered. And the children...I want to know more about them. How they live, how they see their futures. Alexander, you lead an incredible life and have roused my curiosity, my interest, but most of all, my appreciation. May you have many more successful travels.
Thanks for comment about the lighting, did not get the haha part ;)
Load More Replies...Disappointed you didn't use their names. It reduces them to just "the other" without their own identities.
Ok I get that we don't need to eat meat to survive in areas like where I live and I also know we don't need to kill animals for coats/jacket especially where I live but when you live in a place like these people do you kind of need the food and animal fur to survive
Load More Replies...These are beautiful, thank you for sharing them! I love their faces, and especially the beautiful work that goes into their garb. Just amazing...
Exactly my thought. These people seem to put so much time, care and effort into what they do, it feels like the opposite of our lives in big industrial cities, where we run everywhere to go nowhere.
Load More Replies...Thank you for saying this John. I work on this project for almost 4 years in remote places with not much comfort and harsh living conditions. It is very important to know that there are people out there who value what I do. THank you
Load More Replies...The diversity of World is ¡¡¡ wonderful!!, many,many colours, many, many faces,,,many,many opcions. Thanks for your splendid job. Congratulationes
Thank you Judit! It was very challenging to travel in those cold and remote places as there are sometimes just a dirt track and not a soul for hundred miles around. I will be continuing my journey in 2 weeks, this time to Arctic, above the polar circle area reachable by a helicopter only. More portraits to come. Stay tuned
Load More Replies...Beautiful. Aweinspiring. Am lost for words. Such feelings and thoughts.
Thank you for sharing your stunning photographs. I truly hope that these native peoples continue to keep the traditions of their tribes alive. So much tradition has disappeared into modern times. There is so much steeped in tradition.
Wow! Outstanding and beautiful work! All of the portraits are gorgeous! I’m a fan now.
HI Luis! Thank you for the appreciation of my work! I will be publishing more portraits from other regions as well. Stay in touch!
Load More Replies...Hi Johanna! He was a great photographer of his time. Thank you!
Load More Replies...Thank you for the interest in my photgraphy, Shiritoru!
Load More Replies...I enjoyed seeing these pictures. An ensemble of faces that makes one think about what their lives must be like. Each has e a beauty of its own that the photographer has caught perfectly!
Stunning work, Alexander. Your efforts were rewarded. I hope to see more.
These photographs are brilliant and I found your sit by accident, I have a book call the world in pictures from about the 1940's. As a child i loved looking at this book. The way these photos are taken makes me want more and I will be looking up some of these people on the internet... Thank you for your work..
Stunning portraits! And what a catalog of ethnic embroidery, design and other decorative arts! Thank you so much!!!
I found this so beautiful to see. Thankyou for doing these photos and posting them. It is wonderful to see the costumes and the faces. Very good portraits of them. Thankyou again
Your photographs are beautiful. I am grateful for them and only wish I could have gone along to write their stories. Thank you for revealing these faces, clothing, ornaments, and human souls. Linda Hogan, Chickasaw author.
Nothing tells a story like a weathered face. I could stare at these portraits for hours just trying to imagine the experiences these people have encountered. And the children...I want to know more about them. How they live, how they see their futures. Alexander, you lead an incredible life and have roused my curiosity, my interest, but most of all, my appreciation. May you have many more successful travels.
Thanks for comment about the lighting, did not get the haha part ;)
Load More Replies...Disappointed you didn't use their names. It reduces them to just "the other" without their own identities.
Ok I get that we don't need to eat meat to survive in areas like where I live and I also know we don't need to kill animals for coats/jacket especially where I live but when you live in a place like these people do you kind of need the food and animal fur to survive
Load More Replies...