ADVERTISEMENT

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

#1

Even Little Girl

Even Little Girl

Report

#2

Sakha Young Woman

Sakha Young Woman

Report

#3

Dukha Woman

Dukha Woman

Report

#4

Even Young Woman

Even Young Woman

Report

ADVERTISEMENT
#5

Ulchi Little Girl

Ulchi Little Girl

Report

#6

Oroqen Young Man

Oroqen Young Man

Report

#7

Buryat Young Woman

Buryat Young Woman

Report

#8

Uilta Girl

Uilta Girl

Report

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
#9

Sakha Young Woman

Sakha Young Woman

Report

#10

Yukagir Man

Yukagir Man

Report

#11

Dolgan Young Woman

Dolgan Young Woman

Report

#12

Evenki Reindeer Herder

Evenki Reindeer Herder

Report

#13

Buryat Man

Buryat Man

Report

#14

Chukchi Girl

Chukchi Girl

Report

#15

Negidal Girl

Negidal Girl

Report

ADVERTISEMENT
#16

Evenki Woman

Evenki Woman

Report

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#17

Evenki Man

Evenki Man

Report

#18

Udege Woman With Child

Udege Woman With Child

Report

#19

Tofalar Boy

Tofalar Boy

Report

#20

Taz Woman

Taz Woman

Report

#21

Semeiskie Woman

Semeiskie Woman

Report

#22

Russkoustincy Woman

Russkoustincy Woman

Report

#23

Sakha Young Man

Sakha Young Man

Report

#24

Nivkh Man

Nivkh Man

Report

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#25

Nanai Man

Nanai Man

Report

#26

Nanai Boy

Nanai Boy

Report

Add photo comments
POST
#27

Ulchi Man

Ulchi Man

Report

#28

Udege Man

Udege Man

Report

#29

Even Man

Even Man

Report

Add photo comments
POST
#30

Orochi Woman

Orochi Woman

Report