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Portrait of Marbet (7 years old), returning from looking over sheep outside. Her red cheecks are due to cold weather.
Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus.
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan

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Portrait of Marbet (7 years old), returning from looking over sheep outside. Her red cheecks are due to cold weather.<br />
Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus.<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan