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  • Wakhi men. Shimshali men, Ghulam Rasul, Farzar Khan and Chiragh u Din. In Shimshal, one of the remotest village in the Karakoram mountains, and the highest settlement in the Hunza and Gojal region.
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  • Men walking near concrete yaks. <br />
Travels in the Gobi desert region. <br />
Travels in the Gobi desert region.
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  • On board the German naval reconnaissance plane, 15 men are bent over a map of the Internationally Recommended¬ Transit Corridor (IRTC), which runs across the Gulf of Aden, a dead-straight, 1,000km-long, two-lane passage heading east through some of the most dangerous waters in the world.  Planning the flight route over the Gulf of Aden, to look for pirates..German Air Force working with Operation Atalanta (EU anti-piracy mission) and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) on sea reconnaissance mission using P3 plane with Infra Red cameras and other high tech equipment, to identify potential piracy activities off the coast of Somalia...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_12.jpg
  • Young men waiting for the sheep herd to return after a snow storm..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..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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  • A young men hold the pride of the Kyrgyz: livestock. 2 male goats..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..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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  • At the New Delhi club, the jukebox is playing “Sing Hallelujah”. French Foreign Legion men are on leave... French Foreign Legionmaires (the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade) partying on the week end at the New Delhi Club, in Djibouti town. Up to 5 years in service, they are not allowed to wear civilian clothes. ..The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_28.jpg
  • A competitor and his master. The eagle is wearing its “tomaga”, the hood that blinds her... and the basis of its domestication.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • German Air Force working with Operation Atalanta (EU anti-piracy mission) having a drink with Japanese Navy, to celebrate their return from mission. ..The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_46.jpg
  • Portrait of Alowat. Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in the winter months.
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  • Tella Baig..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .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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  • The Khan's herd of Bactrian camels is taken out by his son in law Momo to freely roam out of the Qyzyl Qorum camp during the day.
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  • Anthropologist Ted Callahan having food with the Khan family, where he spent a whole winter to study the Afghan Kyrgyz community. Qyzyl Qorum camp.
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  • On the road to the end of the Wakhan Corridor..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_28.jpg
  • Buzkachi (central asian horse game) season starts in winter in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. En route to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_001.jpg
  • An excited Mongolian crowd cheers to the best competitors...<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
    Mong_Eagle_1006_30.jpg
  • A yak made of concrete.<br />
Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • A participant to a camel race festival in Bulgan. Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
    Mong_Gobi_210_46.jpg
  • A summer settlement of yurts, also called Gers, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the TSaast uul mountain.The three headmen of the settlement sits in front of their yurts.
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  • A Mongolian family, (husband, wife and brother in the back), with their shepherd dog stand in front of their yurts close to Karakoram. They wear their traditional  Mongolian robe called a del.
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  • A Kazak couple poses for the camera in their yurt in Western Mongolia. Kazak nomads are Muslim, mostly herders, living of their animals.
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  • Lukas, Liam, Simon and Robert, overseas seasonal workers from Ireland, England and Germany, in their trailer...Life of custom harvesters: custom harvesting or custom combining is the business of harvesting of crops for others. Custom harvesters usually own their own combines and work for the same farms every harvest season. Custom harvesting relieves farmers from having to invest capital in expensive equipment while at the same time maximizing the machinery's use. .Harvesters travel North to South through the US, living in trailers, following the season, usually hiring overseas seasonal workers in need of improving their harvesting experience on very large combines (harvesting machines)...A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”.  Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.
    USA_Kerouac_OnTheRoad_11_59.jpg
  • Members of the Independent Federal Constitution Commission (IFCC) discuss the current making-of the Somalian Constitution, which they hope to implement in about 5 years..Left: Adam Mhd Abdullahi (IFCC member).Middle: Mohammed Muse Fole (IFCC Public Consultation Chair).Right: Prod Abdillahi HAssan Jama (Chairman IFCC)..The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_54.jpg
  • Djiboutian police eying US Army personel...Military people from the Civil Affairs department of the US Army doing a trip to Sagallou (near Tadjoura), as part of a medical camp mission. Part of the "3D approach" of the US Army : Development (in that case), Democracy, Defense...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_35.jpg
  • Djiboutian Police inspecting bodies of Somalian Refugee asylum. They look for scars, in case military people from extremist organisations such as Al Chabab try to enter Djibouti. ..In Loyada, the only official border crossing from Djibouti into Somalia, war refugees from Somalia hope to be accepted by the UNHCR and Onars (Djibouti Refugee Agency), so they can be settled in a refugee camp. Only Somalians coming from South Somalia (in and around Mogadishu, where the fighting takes place) are accepted. They are interrogated, so that the UNHCR/Onars authorities can find out if they really come from South Somalia. People coming from famine-striken North Somalia (Somaliland and Puntland) try to get accepted, often resulting in rejection...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_18.jpg
  • Toj Mohammed (18 years old)..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja..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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  • Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in the winter months.
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_531.jpg
  • Portrait of Dodé Khuda. Flour has been thrown on his coat, a Wakhi tradition, for the couple prosperity. Wedding celebration of Dodé Khuda, at Safar Boi house, in Tchehel-Kand village..Wakhi wedding ceremonies usually takes place in the winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_519.jpg
  • Niaz Ali, secretary of Abdul Rashid Khan, in the Pamir since 22 years. Doing thread with yak hair..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .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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  • Trekking with yak herder Mohammad and Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_489.jpg
  • Matthieu Paley displays his Helly Hansen fleece cat suit, thanks to which he made it through the sub Pamirian temperature! .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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_443.jpg
  • Evening prayer time at Haji Osman's house..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_430.jpg
  • Sultan's family is getting water in the morning..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 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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_396.jpg
  • Early cold morning (-30) view over the center of the Little Pamir, after a 5 days snow fall..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_377.jpg
  • Toshi Boi hunts rabbit (although its considered Haram) to compliment his meagre winter diet. .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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_359.jpg
  • Er Ali Boi, the richest  "sane" man in Pamir. He owns 1000 goats, 300 yaks, 4 horses, 6 camels. Holding a sheep while the lamb is breast feeding..Campment of Esh Keli..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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  • Ooroon Boi and his wife..Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. 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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_324.jpg
  • Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. 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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_319.jpg
  • Mussadiq's brother..Campment of Tash Seri..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_295.jpg
  • Mussadiq, sheep herder..Campment of Tash Seri..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_294.jpg
  • Portrait of Haji Boi, a caravan leader..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_286.jpg
  • Khan Bobo and Abdul Sator, just returning from herding camels..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_284.jpg
  • Bactrian Camel running away..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_256.jpg
  • Ghulam Ustad's sons looking for their sheep herd's return..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_247.jpg
  • Ghulam Ustad's sons looking for their sheep herd's return..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_242.jpg
  • Nassim's young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him.
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  • Nassim packs his yurt. His young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_233.jpg
  • Portrait Kelt Baig, whose wife lost 9 child out of 10 pregnancies. Wearing hat in a Kyrgyz manner..Campment of Sary Tash..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_196.jpg
  • Anthropologist Ted Callahan explains Ooroon Boi, a brother of the Khan, that he doesn't have an endless supply of medicine and he will soon run out if they keep asking him for medications. .Qyzyl Qorum camp..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_125.jpg
  • Anthropologist Ted Callahan lets the Khan uses his satellite phone to call Kabul and organize a blanket and food delivery on the Tajik border..Qyzyl Qorum camp. .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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_122.jpg
  • Anthropologist Ted Callahan getting a head shave from Roshan, son of the Khan. .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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_095.jpg
  • Visit of a rehab center for opium addict in Khandud. Portraits of patients, all Wakhis..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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  • Visit of a rehab center for opium addict in Khandud. Portraits of patients, all Wakhis. Afghanistan
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  • Border guards at the Tajik/Afghan border, where most of the opium and heroin found in Western countries goes through. On the road to the end of the Wakhan Corridor.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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_18.jpg
  • Buzkachi (central asian horse game) season starts in winter in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. En route to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_009.jpg
  • Buzkachi (central asian horse game) season starts in winter in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. En route to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor..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
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_004.jpg
  • A competitor and his master. The eagle is wearing its “tomaga”, the hood that blinds her... and the basis of its domestication.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • A horse rider throws a sheep skin in the air after catching it in a game of Buzkachi.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • The heterochromia (two different eye color) of Bemprach an eagle hunter. The fur used to make his traditional hat was his eagle's catch.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • Rus Bosara, the oldest eagle hunter competitor in Western Mongolia - his son and grand son are eagle hunters as well. Portrayed in his yurt with his wife Rus Alda.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • Some eagle hunters ride for days to partake in this yearly competition. <br />
Eagle hunters returning home after the comptetition.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • A Berkuchi showing off his eagle. Adult eagle can weight up to 4 kilos.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • The "Berkuchis", the eagle hunters, are parading during the official start-off of the festival.<br />
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Eagle Hunting festival in Western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan Olgii. Mongolian and Kazak eagle hunters come to compete for 2 days at this yearly gathering. Mongolia
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  • A man takes a break in a chair in the Gobi desert while his jeep is being repaired.<br />
Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • A man takes a break in a chair in the Gobi desert while his jeep is being repaired.<br />
Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • Details of riding boots.<br />
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A participant to a camel race festival in Bulgan. Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.<br />
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Travels in the Gobi desert region.
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  • A mongolian man trying to get reception on his mobile phone, in a yurt. Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • A herder takes a break after a day herding his animals. Many of his animals died because of the extreme cold. <br />
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Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • A TV showing an old movie in a yurt, powered with solar panels. Mongolia.
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  • A young man proudly displays his eagle inside his yurt. Eagles, blinded in order not to bite its owner, are used to hunt to catch rabbits, baby wolves, marmots etc. The fur of these animals are sold in towns. Wetsren Mongolia.
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  • A horse man crosses the Arkhangai river close to Tsetserleg, in Central Mongolia. Mongolians learn to horse ride before they can even walk, they are expert hose riders...
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  • Inside Jolon's yurt, the mutton meat is dried in summer in order to face the long winter months. Every yurt throughtout Mongolia is organized the same way - beds, saddle, cupboard, pictures, stove etc are always at the same location.
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  • A Kazak horsemen, wearing a felt hat on his head, poses with his white horse in Mongolia.
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  • An Aksakal (a honorific title meaning "White Beard") hitchiking on the back of a truck, on his way to the market town of Khovd in Western Mongolia. The hat he wears identifies him as a eagle hunter, and is made of fox fur.
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  • Seasonal workers having lunch in the field...Life of custom harvesters: custom harvesting or custom combining is the business of harvesting of crops for others. Custom harvesters usually own their own combines and work for the same farms every harvest season. Custom harvesting relieves farmers from having to invest capital in expensive equipment while at the same time maximizing the machinery's use. .Harvesters travel North to South through the US, living in trailers, following the season, usually hiring overseas seasonal workers in need of improving their harvesting experience on very large combines (harvesting machines)...A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”.  Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.
    USA_Kerouac_OnTheRoad_11_63.jpg
  • The yearly gathering of the Rainbow Family of Living Light took place in the  Gifford Pinchot National Forest, in the Washington State, near Portland...Rainbow Gatherings are temporary intentional communities, typically held in outdoor settings, and espousing and practicing ideals of peace, love, harmony, freedom and community, as a consciously expressed alternative to mainstream popular culture, consumerism, capitalism and mass media. These gatherings are an expression of a Utopian impulse, combined with bohemianism, hipster and hippie culture, with roots clearly traceable to the 1960s' counterculture. ..A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”.  Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.
    USA_Kerouac_OnTheRoad_11_52.jpg
  • Setting up camp. Cowboy life at and around the Spanish Ranch, near Elko in Nevada. These cowboys run a wagon every year for a couple of months: taking a motorized wagon several hours away from the ranch, to set up camp and watch over their cattle during summer...A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”.  Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.
    USA_Kerouac_OnTheRoad_11_22.jpg
  • Eye clinic...Military people from the Civil Affairs department of the US Army doing a trip to Sagallou (near Tadjoura), as part of a medical camp mission. Part of the "3D approach" of the US Army : Development (in that case), Democracy, Defense...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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  • A soldier inside his Container Living Units (CLU - this area is known as Cluville) where he lives..Life at Camp Lemonnier, a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, a garrison part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa...Camp Lemonnier is on B Alert (same level of security as Afghanistan or Iraq)...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_29.jpg
  • At the Dry Port, young malnourished daily workers loading cartons of Dates, sent by the UN’s World Food Programme, to fight famine in Ethiopia. Djibouti is one of the biggest transhipment points in the world for the UN...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_05.jpg
  • Nassim's (Right) young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's (left) camp..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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  • Sardar Khan and Khan Jon (Mookie)..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja.
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  • Pir Shah Ismail is the spiritual leader of Wakhis in the Wakhan Corridor. He lives in Qala-e-Pinja. Visiting the ruins of the old fort.
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  • Ata Mhd (brother). One family..Many Wakhis are blue eyed. Some say descendant of Alexander the Great..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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  • Dildor Shah (older brother). One family..Many Wakhis are blue eyed. Some say descendant of Alexander the Great..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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  • Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in the winter months.
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  • Niaz Ali, secretary of Abdul Rashid Khan, in the Pamir since 22 years. Doing thread with yak hair..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .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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  • Young Wakhi with his father's suit for warmth..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .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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  • Wakhi trader..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .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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  • Tshoowa Boi..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .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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  • Ashur, on bread duty..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .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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  • Mohammad, Wakhi shepherd wearing traditional "Chapan"..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .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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  • Mohammad, Wakhi shepherd wearing traditional "Chapan"..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .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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  • Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .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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  • Trekking with Wakhi companion Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..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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  • Poor Badakhshi man, opium dealer, met on the frozen river, on his way to selling drugs and other trinkets to the Kyrgyz..Trekking with Wakhi companion Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..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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  • Matthieu Paley at an opium dealer's house..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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  • Evening prayer time at Haji Osman's house..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 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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  • Evening prayer time at Haji Osman's house..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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  • Sultan's family is getting water in the morning..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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  • Haji Osman might be the future Khan. With his pride, a 15 year ols Bactrian camel..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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