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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.
More info: khimushin.com | Facebook | Instagram
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Even Little Girl
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Lisa Greene 6 years ago
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.
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Buryat Man
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Chukchi Girl
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Denise Falkenstein 6 years ago
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.
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Evenki Man
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Udege Woman With Child
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Tofalar Boy
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Taz Woman
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Ulrika Tück de Mantel 6 years ago
look at her hands. they tell of a life with a lot and hard work.
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Semeiskie Woman
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Grazina Strolia 6 years ago
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.
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Sakha Young Man
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Nivkh Man
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Nanai Man
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
The embroidery reminds me of Metis designs on ceremonial clothing. Gorgeous.
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Nanai Boy
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Udege Man
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Orochi Woman
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Tamara Syrkina 6 years ago
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.
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Lisa Greene 6 years ago
These are beautiful, thank you for sharing them! I love their faces, and especially the beautiful work that goes into their garb. Just amazing...
judit vagnoni 6 years ago
The diversity of World is ¡¡¡ wonderful!!, many,many colours, many, many faces,,,many,many opcions. Thanks for your splendid job. Congratulationes
Sheila Plourde 6 years ago
Beautiful. Aweinspiring. Am lost for words. Such feelings and thoughts.
Deborah Gladys 6 years ago
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.
Luis Rivera 6 years ago
Wow! Outstanding and beautiful work! All of the portraits are gorgeous! I’m a fan now.
Doris Rosenthal 6 years ago
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!
Steven McMacken 6 years ago
Stunning work, Alexander. Your efforts were rewarded. I hope to see more.
Antonietta Broadhurst 4 years ago
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..
Dee diSomma 5 years ago
Stunning portraits! And what a catalog of ethnic embroidery, design and other decorative arts! Thank you so much!!!
Diamond Henderson 6 years ago
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
Linda Hogan 6 years ago
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.
4Sunshine 6 years ago
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.
Mya Storey 6 years ago
Disappointed you didn't use their names. It reduces them to just "the other" without their own identities.
Lisa Greene 6 years ago
These are beautiful, thank you for sharing them! I love their faces, and especially the beautiful work that goes into their garb. Just amazing...
judit vagnoni 6 years ago
The diversity of World is ¡¡¡ wonderful!!, many,many colours, many, many faces,,,many,many opcions. Thanks for your splendid job. Congratulationes
Sheila Plourde 6 years ago
Beautiful. Aweinspiring. Am lost for words. Such feelings and thoughts.
Deborah Gladys 6 years ago
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.
Luis Rivera 6 years ago
Wow! Outstanding and beautiful work! All of the portraits are gorgeous! I’m a fan now.
Doris Rosenthal 6 years ago
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!
Steven McMacken 6 years ago
Stunning work, Alexander. Your efforts were rewarded. I hope to see more.
Antonietta Broadhurst 4 years ago
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..
Dee diSomma 5 years ago
Stunning portraits! And what a catalog of ethnic embroidery, design and other decorative arts! Thank you so much!!!
Diamond Henderson 6 years ago
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
Linda Hogan 6 years ago
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.
4Sunshine 6 years ago
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.
Mya Storey 6 years ago
Disappointed you didn't use their names. It reduces them to just "the other" without their own identities.
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