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A man comes out to greet me on the tiny road that runs towards the Ha Giang Loop some ways north of Hanoi. He emerges from the front yard of his house as I pass through his village on motorbike and accompanies me to an empty lot adjacent to his house where he poses in view of his thatched roof home. Near Chợ Tân Yên, northern Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001278280-D3V0EEASYPGV8DL4TBYO/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-2.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam The landscape along the road into the far north of Vietnam. Near Chợ Tân Yên, northern Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001298592-5PS7NM58PAH57DO227FI/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-3.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Children come out to the road to say hello in front of their thatched home in the background, near Chợ Tân Yên, northern Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001300306-B8WI72S1DFVCD5M22GTZ/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-4.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Two women tend to their buffalo in a vast open field as one of them talks on her cell phone while I came around a bend on motorbike— not at all imagining the scene that lay before me. I pull over immediately, shut off the bike, and ask to photograph them. They agree, very nonchalantly and what I capture is what you see. I am amazed at both the landscape and what transpires before my eyes, fully aware that I am in a different world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001317810-DRBU9W1588QGMFD4F74M/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-5.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Deeper into the scene, the women begin herding the buffalo along out of the field and down the road, much to my delight and amazement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001343330-84Q0O2J727PF9OIT4GKT/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-8.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam A scooter rider passes through a Tolkien-esque countryside as a giant billboard looks on. 150 kilometers or so north of Hanoi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001372490-2QPLO8LCGGKIMG29K349/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-10.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam A thoughtful man outside a bicycle store at a roadside snack stop on the road to the Ha Giang Loop, a couple hundred kilometers north of Hanoi. He is very open to being photographed and even tries to offer up one of his young relatives for a photo, but she is not so inclined (and that is why you don’t see her pictured here). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001397038-VFQBCYPZYKZMYPH6DIMF/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-11.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - Vietnam In Black + White Kids play with guns everywhere in the world and this small village in the north of Vietnam is no exception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001414420-P7XDEN0YVTXGSSR50A6G/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-12.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam A local villager north of the Dong Van District, just 2 km’s south of the Chinese border. He greets me upon my exit from my hotel with a kind smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001431927-AXPV0N496VDVXUGIFHZX/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-14.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Life appears much as I imagine it would have 100 years ago or more here just 2km’s south of the Chinese border, north of the Dong Van district. Signs appear in Chinese and the pace is very slow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001426017-WA8I1NMRR95SBQJDM84U/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-13.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam China lies in the mountains just beyond this village in the far north of Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001446673-92EE9ZAZVXNYFNJYBOYE/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-15.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam The motor scooter is truly the family vehicle in much of SE Asia. Some families also travel on motorbike. Here, a family of four travels the high and narrow roads of the Ha Giang Loop headed for a family gathering of some kind, with what looks to be a bird of some kind in tow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001468804-SAWFAL93ZLL1PORNB52E/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-16.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam People in Asia do not suffer from the addiction to safety devices that many people in America have long since accepted as normal. Ha Giang Loop, northern Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001484244-Y9QHPV8X7JCJE8T7KZP0/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-17.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam A beautiful stretch of road on the Ha Giang Loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001501173-WTM1JWEVX262UQIC4R2X/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-18.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Entire families of ehtnic minorities including the Kinh, H'Mông, Tày, and Lô Lô peoples walk along the road along the Ha Giang Loop for what appear to be long distances. They are not in a hurry. I stop to say hello and we have a shy exchange before I bring out simple sweets to share with the children. They cry out for fresh fruit but what can I do? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001530652-EVMMG7HA31SJXP88FDTN/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-19.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam A mother and her children pass the time outside of their small, family run grocery shop in Meo Vac, which sells locally made moonshine, among other things. Far north of Vietnam on the Ha Giang Loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001540885-I35C548ES1NQ9VA96WYQ/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-20.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Motorbike repair shops exist roughly every few hundred meters or so in Vietnam, even in the most remote of regions. The teenagers that work there and other older men offer all knowing service that always takes care of whatever you need and usually costs about two or three dollars US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001585150-UVVA6DZ97BKJX9UN97U2/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-21.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam A sister watches her younger sibling and offers me a smile while the family laundry dries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001585150-BXZ8KJHQN68IQZ77B6LU/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-22.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Wifi is prevalent in even the farthest reaches of the north of the country, although I don’t think to ask for the password today. I’m too absorbed by how life looks here and how gracious this family is with their time and allowing me to photograph them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001611236-QZYYTHU55EF4SOGHS814/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-24.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam The motor scooter IS the family vehicle in many parts of Asia. Wanting to start an Instagram titled ‘Asian Scooter Pics’ I settle instead for capturing several compelling shots of families out and about, this time in Hanoi on a lively night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001661266-UUR6KH229YJHK6G7GXKK/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-25.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Asian Scooter Pics.com Have you got your decorative pollution mask on? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001663101-RXWPM5HZJIKNK237KOFQ/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-26.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Unfortunately, the masks that most Vietnamese use to protect themselves from pollution are simply made of cloth of some kind and don’t actually block any pollutants. Not any more than a common scarf, that is, which is better than nothing— at least for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001698095-XGS2Y1E59CUXA5XA4DJU/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-27.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Asian Scooter Pics (child daredevils edition) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001698454-Y17Z7N4CKNKI2J58ZCBT/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-28.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam A vegetable vendor at a night market in the northern Vietnam city of Hanoi offers a welcoming smile as rain begins to fall lightly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001726026-5AXCM99GFGJCAKTG8NZG/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-29.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Come up with your best caption for this photo. What is this couple thinking? Did they just have a fight? Look at how she’s sitting. Passengers often ride like this— sideways— on scooters in Vietnam. Old Quarter, Hanoi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001740770-5CAY16EV7W49MH2DXWHU/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-30.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam AsianScooterPics.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557001754181-SSVA0GF1YPCHLIUCK53G/Vietnam+In+Black+and+White-%C2%A9+The+Humans+Being+Project+-31.jpg Vietnam In Black + White - The Humans Being Project - Northern Vietnam Classic shot that you’ll see replicated countless times in a day anywhere in Vietnam. Playing by different rules, safety occurs differently here. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/india-from-north-to-south-delhi-to-kerala daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270204397-QB0ND3RJE21I3DRK55DI/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. People here seem at times to be transparent here, like this man. He appears to offer for my camera an open window through which to view his soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270204629-B530Y3RV48SKOU2ZBWR2/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-2.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. In what could be a set from a Star Wars movie, people come and go about their business beneath a vast and chaotic network of electrical cables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270208888-NBQJGVCDIYDZ6YHMLO0Y/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-3.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. A bicycle taxi man offers a warm glance in between fares during rush hour in Chandy Chauk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270208961-9DWPEEQGLOPE753V4BDP/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-4.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. Bicycle taxis can be seen everywhere in the city and are a common form of transportation, along with motorized tuk-tuks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270213112-ENUHK73UQRP851JL949C/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-5.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. A motorized tuk-tuk driver drives his fares barefoot through the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270213114-V98FAB92JFL17TP45BGI/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-6.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. Bicycles are often used to transport heavy, awkward, and otherwise unwieldy goods. A man pedals through traffic under visible strain from the weight of his cargo, which is partially visible behind him at left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270218703-P95CWAECIMGTX0YKZLU9/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-7.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. Warmth emanates from a tuk-tuk driver’s smile during rush hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270219252-PS7UY0J6RG9R8W9YSWOZ/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-8.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. Many bicycles are mounted to carts used to haul heavy loads. Here, riders wait at a stoplight in traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270222825-476KDYQXL5X6RKJ84ERO/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-9.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. A man stops me on the street and asks to have his photo created. I oblige. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270223165-JXO6MYT9W8MON8RLK9R3/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-10.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. This is a typical Delhi street scene, packed with people and countless stories taking place at once. Like the wires above, there are often too many to count. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270226479-4HV8C7RQHXB5KZERI4SM/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-11.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project New Delhi, India. A man serves up curry dishes at his food stand in front of a large mosque near the Chandni Chowk market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270227899-WTN70Q8BRLONA3W1C4PC/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-12.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Rishikesh, India. A saddhu smiles to passerby as day nears end along the banks of the Ganges River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270232694-N6BXPOABMNXY5985NH22/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-13.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Rishikesh, India. Participants look deep in reverence during a nightly fire ceremony at an ashram on the banks of the Ganges River north of Lakshman Jhula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270235035-0507X057JENBONJFYS8K/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-14.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Dehradun, India. A bus driver offers a warm welcome to passengers boarding a bus bound for the desert state of Rajasthan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270236853-ZVJPZWZDLB7F7IWJG460/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-15.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. A boy makes his way home from school down a quiet, narrow lane in the late afternoon. He and his friends take an interest in me and tell me an assortment of interesting things about the area, including the fact that the city’s fireworks display on New Year’s Eve is not to be missed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270239221-9C18ATQXRETFJEFR8VY0/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-16.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. A woman sorts spices in a small warehouse on a quiet street. Kerala has been a major spice trade centre since 3000 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270241087-NHE22UBFXZN40PELQ32U/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-17.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. A business proprietor passes the time between customers sitting outside on his stoop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270246728-EO6ISHKGG653ZUM04CGX/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-18.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. Children stop their ball playing on a quiet alley-street to say hello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270249111-S70IDZZ68XWTKK5TK6SJ/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-19.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. A man lounges in a doorway on a small alley-street in the fading light of day. His loose style of dress differs dramatically from that of men in the north, where skin is typically covered up with long pants and closed shirts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270250625-2C2OLWVAYG6L4X9BUVT7/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-20.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. A father walks his children home from school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270253331-0LF0D8SD96RITKT3E8MR/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-21.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. A group of boys on their way home from school give me a minor education about Fort Kochi and some of its customs. A common village store is behind them at right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270254892-LVOB3MZ4JUSGU7D5CAFC/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-22.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Fort Kochi, Kerala, South India. Fishing is the primary industry of this coastal city. Here a man stands on the shore amidst fishing boats as the sun sets behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270260366-P103IL1175S7OKOJZ870/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-23.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Varkala, Kerala, South India. A young man comes to the seaside from prayer at a local mosque. He and his friend chat with me for a short while and later invite me to join them at mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270262617-JA2ALOVRRZE38IZL7F4O/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-24.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Varkala, Kerala, South India. A shy smile plays on the face of this young man from Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270269070-K0RGPL91CEQXRTZLWR3N/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-27.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Varkala, Kerala, South India. Tina, her sister, and their father operate a small shop on the cliff above the beach in the chilled out town of Varkala. Heavy floods the previous year caused great damage and visitor numbers, along with sales, are down as a result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270265338-Y7DKA993UVEDDGP6F6H5/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-25.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Varkala, Kerala, South India. Lucy’s younger sister asks that I bring the family any leftover toiletries I don’t need when I leave. I bring them the next morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270266409-41Z3KLI2G9F71VCQ84H8/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-26.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Varkala, Kerala, South India. Father of two daughters, Krishna spends his days at the family shop above the beach, where the family hopes to sell enough souvenir type items to tourists to provide for all of their needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270270609-FBK4CEQBLXEN0W70Q7PH/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-28.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Varkala, Kerala, South India. A common pastime among locals here, a man hangs out on the small boardwalk lining the cliffs above the beach below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557270273687-B4YV96EKRP73DN70Y9B3/India+from+North+to+South-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-29.jpg India- From North to South (Delhi to Kerala) - India From North to South-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Varkala, Kerala, South India. Mohammed owns a small jewelry and fine goods shop on ‘the cliff’ above the beach. He comes from Ladakh in northern India and spends eight or nine months a year in Varkala running his business. He also feels the strain of the shrunken local economy from decreased tourist numbers this year. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/india-pushkar-and-the-camel-fair daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271544016-TFKR97YPWOD91Q8PX5B7/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-3.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A man tends to his camels in what may as well be another world entirely for most. The horse and man on the pendant around his neck appear as if they are entering into battle, while nothing but calm permeates the air about this scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271561966-1GVM16JNQZUN454WG9FV/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-10.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A young girl of no more than ten-years-old wields money earned from walking a tightrope on a bicycle rim (just out of frame below) for passersby. Her money collector stands below her and one wonders if she and the other girls in the act like her have a say in this endeavor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271540061-OF5Q6AG6DTEV9FU0OUH9/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A man walks from the fair towards Pushkar town with his back to the setting sun and a look of utmost confidence on his face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271560310-2WFOQL0SJSXW63F71T80/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-9.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A man sits alone on a sandy plane away from the crowds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271539904-YTHS9PUZ1O117YL2NBBK/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-2.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. Two men converse amidst their herd of camels in the fading sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271986782-3YD1Z5B0IFP3RZ0Q0RJJ/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-4.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A group of men discuss affairs amidst a sea of camels as the sun hangs low in the sky over one of the largest livestock fairs in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271551121-F7QLS3351LVA88X58YWJ/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-5.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A man takes in the sunset from a seat at his fire ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271551482-NKOIGENK2BBC4I3ASQDF/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-6.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A man prepares morning chai just after sunrise at his camp at the Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271556377-YJVBICY1Z0GE0F94MXDK/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-7.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. It’s meal time for these camels who graze beside a man preparing their feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271557263-X2XNXOC6QNOH3Y9UC2ZT/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-8.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A man smokes a cigarette while observing his herd with a camel leash over his shoulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271567760-902RAYE3VZKHC2303VBD/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-11.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A typical street scene in this small desert city. Cows are seen as holy in India and are left to wander freely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271568105-UF4XMEV4XHWIQUDC07L6/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-12.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A street side vendor pauses in between bites of his meal in the early evening as the street in front of him hums with activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271572324-4M0Q5ZN7TXSXZIC7SCR5/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-13.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A vendor smiles easily in front of his market stall filled with deadly wares. Swords, knives, and brass knuckles hang in great supply on the wall behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271573005-R6CQPKBBA3MWFOHI7AU5/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-14.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A sampling of wares at a market stall in the thriving district around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271577623-HK6AE9DBUTP64VEGBDL7/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-15.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A sampling of wares at a market stall in the thriving district around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271578849-PQQ2TSUNLKLLKZ9DMLWT/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-16.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A vendor smiles easily in front of his market stall filled with deadly wares. Swords, knives, and brass knuckles hang in great supply on the wall behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271581649-LZR0JOR1Z3M6RNEFBGWA/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-17.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A man pushes a large, heavy cart of apples along a crowded market street near the city center. He is not in a hurry and moves at a different pace than the scene around him of which he is a part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271582761-61HGC46KV9Q4Z8N9N9ZC/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-18.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A woman carries items on her head down a dusty street in the traditional manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271586326-9QEQCOX5ZPCJFXEIHWGI/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-19.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A common practice throughout India, a man smokes an afternoon chillum with a mix of charras (hashish) and tobacco while a camel stands with one raised leg behind him. Camel owners tie one leg up in the air so that the animals won’t stray far from camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271586660-ANVD1D12B2VCOM3IC08A/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-20.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271591651-6L35K01U9N63F3HXB2P8/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-21.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271591400-O6VQ7B03XW9DXO20KQIG/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-22.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271596037-BY7MKBG9U2OBC50UU2FV/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-23.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A woman begins her day just after sunrise and prepares food in the impromptu kitchen of her camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271596233-3HGEMWQ3VH7C6I8AXEJM/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-24.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A man greets the morning sun from his cot in camp at the Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271599957-GYLWNEYT4X2T67QKFY8X/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-25.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A young boy walks around the Fair just after sunrise looking to earn a few rupees. He follows me and asks repeatedly for me to pay him to shoot his photo, which I cannot oblige because I’ve left my wallet back at my guest house. He persists for so long that he becomes a mild nuisance and I tell him that I’m going to shoot his photo now as payment for my time that he’s been pestering me. This is the shot I get and I am pleased. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271600926-O5O1G4C2MFSYN2Z5Y48S/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-26.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India. A tight-rope-walking girl pauses to glance out at the large audience gathered around her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271605138-H13YP8XTCW6NQLUO56E7/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-27.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © 2019 The Humans Being Project Puskhar, Rajasthan, India. Something ancient comes through the glance of a man on the streets near the city center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271606139-QSJ3NDV71DZY7E9QEBX4/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-28.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A vendor watches the street intently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271609240-5X0C375LGIUDYHYDIUHF/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-29.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Three young men stop to chat near a small square. They invite me to join them for beers at one of their homes nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271610835-QBG9JYSUV9FK56EKB5QC/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-30.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A group of men stand holding hands in the streets at ten o’ clock in the evening. Hand holding is common among men of all ages in India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271613600-YE48ANUNLPYT2A642WIR/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-31.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Store keepers total the days receipts in a small local grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271614993-CPRRO5JH1HAVZZA1H1OV/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-32.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A toffee maker watches the nighttime scene near the city center from the stoop of his small shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271619138-UUQQOZDEMJULE80MGJT4/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-33.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A young boy obliges a request for a photo as he hangs around the entrance to a temple with his two sisters who are out of frame to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1557271622434-02YMIM3M3GGO24AR39UB/India-Puskar+and+the+Camel+Fair-%C2%A9-2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-34.jpg INDIA-Pushkar and the Camel Fair - Pushkar Camel Fair-Rajasthan-India-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. A man sits outside a long abandoned temple on the outskirts of the city centre. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/myanmar-the-temple-towns-of-kyauktan-bago-and-bagan daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254903788-BFKVA2W53436O3UYOL49/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-1.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. Sitting leisurely is a common past time in all parts of Myanmar. This young man stands up from his casual seat to be photographed at the entrance to a temple in this small town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254906742-DI41TWE5B4LJ9DCX1A80/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-3.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. A young boy smiles gleefully on the streets of Kyauktan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254903968-ERHRJAPMFJED1DJB1LU5/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-2.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. A simple exchange about the area with a local monk leads to his request for a selfie together and he pulls out his cell phone. When we finish, the phone goes away and that is what you see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254906848-A4LNKKWQ3YS437ZC3CYX/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-4.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. A young girl stands idly at the entrance to a market stall that offers t-shirts and other souvenirs for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254908866-TDV0LPBUAW7RG337FY3O/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-5.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. A man smiles the common red-toothed grin of a betel leaf and areca nut chewer. Much of the country’s population regularly chews the mixture, which acts as a mild stimulant and stains teeth red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254909776-9M4JZQLMGD94N924A06X/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-6.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. The Ye Le Pagoda resembles a floating oasis and can only be reached by boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254911482-LPSB9MEADYYE9B0GGV6E/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-7.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. A monk stares out at the waters surrounding the Ye Le Pagoda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254918236-KTXS5U5CLX4WLUO9ZPTU/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-8.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Kyauktan, Myanmar. A boat man pauses in between shuttle runs of visitors between the mainland and the Ye Le Pagoda, visible in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254919446-9AL39OKFCBEEWBNT4ZUQ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-9.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A man offers touristic services including discount bus tickets to the north on Bago’s main street before being photographed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254921351-RX3UV6B0X3JS6BXARAJW/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-10.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A young woman outside a small grocery shop demonstrates both the traditional attitude and facial adornment of the Myanmarese people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254921906-JJUC7OPAHB71X116MOFT/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-11.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A line of monks more than a hundred long returns to the monastery after making their morning begging bowl rounds. The culture supports this thousands of years old tradition and monks will receive everything they need in their bowls, from food and toiletries to household items and even cash, free of charge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254924110-I0R7KTMB3ABCIXKNTNP8/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-12.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. The monks finish their morning begging bowl rounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254925041-KU6D2LOQTCT3ZOPYLOHS/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-13.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. People greet warmth and kindness with more of the same, as does this man on the streets of Bago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254929187-RA5C2BW1TNVRA5R373WH/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-14.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A woman who appears as ancient as the earth itself stops to join me seated beneath the shade of a tree. We have a brief exchange that does not include any words spoken in a common language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254970024-GC016YRRLKZ3VAI1U630/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-15.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. The Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda towers 114 meters above the street scene below. Its construction dates to some time in the 10th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254970487-0CWRR5NHFNPGRO5HIZLM/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-16.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar, Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254973757-C6SDRSQO2YH03XEN4L1S/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-17.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. Two young men offer a friendly greeting as evening approaches and the street side market on the opposite side of the bridge closes down for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254973894-6K7BLFH8JPOCM0JIWHAI/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-18.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A sort of cool vulnerability comes through this young man as he lets his guard down above the river that bisects Bago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254977249-EZEHF8X8WXXTXQ77J6YM/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-19.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A bicycle food cart vendor heads out into the evening to set up shop as nightfall approaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254977967-1KZ6CS4VFOIZ2SGC1OBL/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-20.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A young boy enjoys an evening at home with his family on the outskirts of the city center. His house is made of bamboo and sits perched on stilts one story above the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254980565-553PJH0ZUJUJOS5IH0JX/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-21.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bago, Myanmar. A young girl in her living room is embraced lovingly by her father Mygee, a jack of all trades who shuttles [heavy] luggage carrying visitors on a motor scooter between the town center and the bus depot, among other things. On the way to the bus station we stop at his house to deliver watermelon and introduce the guitar playing foreigner in his care to his children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254983251-ON52YTHL950T2D3PK4OZ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-22.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bagan, Myanmar. Sun rises over one of the thousands of temples in the Bagan district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254988736-J1ETDUEV2V3PS6F8RBO3/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-23.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bagan, Myanmar. A young boy offers his art work for sale to temple visitors just after sunrise. (I buy three pictures.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254991450-ZFHC5G2TTL0TG5WT726C/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-24.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bagan, Myanmar. A family and their roadside water and snack stand in the heart of the temple district. I stop to take a closer look and before I know it, we’re Facebook friends and taking selfies together. They insist on giving me the water free of charge that I attempt to purchase from them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254993197-HJ6YV89IBY0WPAYR45FJ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-25.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bagan, Myanmar. Husband, father, and roadside water stand proprietor. Again, the warmth of the people in Myanmar is palpable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254996016-G95WNACAPF1F4MUQI7SY/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-26.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project agan, Myanmar. Young girl with temple behind. As I raise my camera to create a photo, she positions herself just as you see here without any direction on my part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558255001345-GU34Z017JSMUZNDG2SW3/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-27.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Bagan, Myanmar. A temple tour guide and painter sits happily in his front yard after displaying his latest works of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558255002930-3A5ULMF91BBI54SHJQ8O/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Kyauktan+to+Bagan-28.jpg Myanmar - Intimate Portraits of People In Temple Towns - Kyauktan, Bago and Bagan - Myanmar-Temple Towns of Kyauktan-Bago-and-Bagan-Faces-Portraits-People © 2019 The Humans Being Project Bagan, Myanmar. Sunlight filters through from above into the central market of Bagan, where goods range from fresh fruit, vegetables, and meat to plastics, household items, and hand crafts. March 2019. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/myanmar-yangon-part-ii daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254352130-S3VWC6N5DBGU11SX6EBI/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-2.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A woman smokes a cigarette while seated on a curb in an alley in Chinatown and levels her gaze unflinchingly at the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254352183-OSX81UZAOXK13NJL3ORY/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-1.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar - Yangon - Faces, Portraits, People - Part II © 2019 The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A woman enjoys a cigarette seated on the curb of an alley in Chinatown. February 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254355800-M4CHVW9N5GNA51SY4PNU/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-4.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Residents of the former capital city pass the time on the stoop of a storefront that’s been closed for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254360043-OKHXVICFOEYJNREXKQKS/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-5.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A riverfront vendor organizes his wares as the sunlight fades at end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254360243-2WNY0YV6IYY3WNYJD364/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-6.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A child laughs from behind counter of her family’s vegetable stall in an outdoor market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254364909-T7NPXC7E4J8R30MUC2L4/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-7.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A man sits in an alleyway in the early evening and sizes up the photographer as he passes by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254365085-PJ8EXUTP00V50TQB8KH8/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-8.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A young man takes pause from his deliveries by the riverfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254369609-NPGPDUH3IQNT01AKI0MJ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-9.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A woman with blood covered hands chops up fish at an outdoor market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254369742-7PAD9NLA78WKNL4KMTHH/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-10.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. The open air market stall appears to be a family affair. All are coerced into a smile but the customer at right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254372973-V8UEIGMPUYJUP8EP2VME/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-11.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. The warmth of people in this country presents itself on the faces of people all over the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254373296-DGVLATTNPT9YLTSLISCN/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-12.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. City residents come and go about their business in the background while a group of bicycle taxi men relax in between fares and one from the group takes an interest in the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254378565-63HMR8U5R7WTP9X2I4PD/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-13.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A bicycle taxi operator smokes a cigarette in between fares. Ride prices start at about 200 kyat, approximately $.13 USD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254380724-UZEL120WHUYCZONNQSCT/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-15.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A girl at one of the city’s outdoor street markets greets the camera with a shy yet authentic smile. She, like many others passes her evenings outdoors with friends and family in the bustling environment of the evening markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254378783-MPYE41LGCMZC5MARZGD5/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-14.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A man sits outside on a small street in the fading evening light, like so many others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254382856-7DZAOO7DNXB3VDLH4ATQ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-16.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Expressions on the faces of city residents asked to be photographed (which is nearly everyone) are sometimes subdued but almost always show a warmth and an openness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254383956-QBV0GRP4RHWYPMKMWKME/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-17.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Even people feeling quite shy are willing to reveal something of themselves for the camera, as witnessed in these teenagers in Chinatown. Soon the street where they stand will host an assortment of bustling kebob eateries whose seating and patrons spill out into the street from their establishments once the sun sets and the street is closed to vehicle traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254387561-DAZBPXHJ2FPG8EXYJADI/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-18.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Locals go about their business in the lull of the early evening as daylight wanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254387900-GOMLJNM82T3YWZ6CZJRC/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-19.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Father and son discuss plans for the night. Many vendors selling a small amount of goods set up on the sidewalk in front of shops as afternoon turns into evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254391256-0DLZS44V2JAP47LOTVHV/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-20.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Waiters at one of the bustling kebob and beer restaurants in Chinatown pose together with the busy street scene behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254391458-JSF1FW0766YTLPQEDJ30/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-21.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Young women serve up beer and offer specials to patrons on certain brands throughout the night. at a popular kebob eatery in Chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254396295-BDGVZTP3I9BS9V7QN2XS/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-22.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Phyo, a civil engineer, relaxes with food and beer at a kebob eatery in Chinatown after a long day’s work. He and his party are part of the construction team of a giant modern shopping center project in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254396604-HZ78ZBASOU3G9UHECZ58/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-23.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A member of Phyo’s team enjoys beers and kebabs in Chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254400206-JNAE8PC92VY93BFO99DJ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-24.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A store clerk re-stocks the liquor section before closing time at the end of the night in a small shop in the city. Liquor prices are very inexpensive. A 750ml bottle of generic whiskey goes for just 2850 kyats ($1.85 USD), although name brands cost a fair bit more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254400381-JJ1HKLPB6KM8GJBF0CZZ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-25.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A typical scene in the evenings in Chinatown. People are out of doors everywhere, often sitting in groups in the humming streets as if perhaps at the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254403502-FS7OEZK6V37DGG6UXM81/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-26.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Two shop clerks eat a meal while connecting excitedly to something going on via each of their devices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254403927-HOHQQYYTTTNIM0SVHOW4/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-27.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A young woman stops to connect briefly in front of the colorful shutters of a closed business at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254406484-F44CH4WAGHMWQOO6Z44Y/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-28.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A boy wearing traditional thanaka paste made from ground bark begins preparations for closing down his nighttime market stall in Chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254407381-H841PXQKLECLHWV6XHIO/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+II-29.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part II - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part II © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. The Thiri Mingala Gaba Aye Pagoda sines brightly in the night in downtown Yangon. Pagodas like this one exist throughout the city and offer a juxtaposition of the ancient against the modern. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/myanmar-inlle-lake-yeykar-village-to-nyaungshwe daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245209749-6SJUWICIY7BXTYB11QXY/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-1.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. Grandmother Daw Than Kyi arrives by canoe from her house for a visit with her daughter’s family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245210035-UAQBYX50AVQBCAKQXLYA/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-2.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Maung Thauk Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. A woman sets out by boat from her restaurant built on stilts on the waters of the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245212821-J8DGVPLVI2XDEKTN99C6/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-3.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Maung Thauk Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. A boatman makes the east to west passage across the lake from Maung Thauk to Khaung Daing Village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245213036-TC31AYWXIDKI374U6XPX/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-4.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. A young village resident feels right at home in this small, traditional canoe-type boat. She wears traditional thanaka cosmetic paste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245216787-ZV8WIGKQPH46RJQIWR3Q/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-5.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. The son of Daw Than Kyi, deaf mute Ho Kaw, provides a silent tour of the village’s lesser traveled lanes with typical homes in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245217280-0UN1EPJN8YVTD7N2GSVF/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-6.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. Patriarch of the household, son-in-law of Daw Than Kyi, Myint Soe paddles into home for the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245220331-GYES761V9IG846Q6YOTJ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-7.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. Ho Kaw takes pause from rowing around in the village where he has lived for his entire life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245221061-4UAXA1L10T02PSVPC5SB/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-8.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. A villager offers a welcoming smile from the porch of his home on the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245222721-YQFV2URQ8D06UZTZOM38/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-9.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. Children play on the lake in all manner of floating objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245223761-0WN3HLAYZPC5FT7X3W5X/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-10.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. Father Myint Soe holds his granddaughter in his arms beside his daughter Htet Htet, and his mother-in-law Daw Than Kyi. The family are of the Indá people/tribe and have lived in the village for at least five generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245226286-3CVJ95BPDGJH79FWFQJQ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-11.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. Husband Myint Soe, wife Khan Nyein Shwe, and their granddaughter sit on the steps of their front porch at their home on the lake that Myint Soe built himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245227150-5S22ROUVBELDMHY75TJA/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-12.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. Mother and granddaughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245228852-XFZOSA70DKTCNFXXMEJY/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-13.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. A young friend of the family practices her one legged rowing skills out in front of the Soe house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245231716-J5D3Z80Q00Z9DW5GNGWF/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-14.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. A fisherman practices traditional fishing methods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245233387-XMAC4DEZS3C28ZXF797K/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-15.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Yeykar Village, Inle Lake, Myanmar. A typical village house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245235383-UDOIGZR9GXYUIOHYTR1Y/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-16.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Yeykar Village resident and boatman Ba Zin, brother-in-llaw to the Soe family, traverses the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245236729-87TL57TKITI005ZT0IO4/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-17.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. A traditional fisherman out on lake early one morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245238862-UTR52RU0RX6R2BDCCQP0/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-18.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Traditional fisherman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245240016-D8ZDAWMSA7KYV6Q8F9EG/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-19.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. View through the fisherman’s net. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245241915-53QFJRXBZ82U88RUEC3G/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-20.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. It’s customary for fisherman to put on little acts for passing boats of tourists in exchange for a couple thousand kyats each (roughly $2.60 USD combined) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245243246-QTLJTF88WF2JCZ2V6QFJ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-21.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Boys play in the street of a small village on the shores of the lake whose main export is pottery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245248031-J68BTKI8CWSCAMAX14W0/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-22.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Mother and child tend a small store selling snacks and drinks on the outskirts of a small village on the shores of the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245248558-2GAP8MY7CNH6VNX23BGI/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-23.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Young men compete during a weekend volleyball tournament at a festival held on the grounds of a temple in Khaun Dhang, on the shores of the lake. Volleyball is a wildly popular sport in Myanmar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245250959-8WBQHU5WVQHE40HI17BN/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-24.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Mother and son work in a sugarcane field underneath a hot sun on the shores of the lake. Large quantities of sugarcane are produced across Myanmar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245251579-UAKKWLFP8EX8UE8OMO71/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-25.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Hard at work in the sugarcane fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245254046-O19MXXW8E93QM6XN2OEK/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-26.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. In the sugarcane fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245254450-WT0TK3REMZFZZDG4ZC77/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-27.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. Man on a break from work in the sugarcane fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245257242-TUP80JGJ6H0CKNITHHKC/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-28.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. A priceless look from a woman in the sugarcane fields. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245258114-DH9I2XNW4U9ESWFGNRXU/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-29.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. The openness of the people in this country is palpable. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245261355-H264H5DYVA259BLSYV8K/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-30.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. A woman carries a substantial amount of sugarcane from the fields and out onto the road, where she continues walking and disappears into the distance. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245262324-HJVM70WF6AI3OLU5EMIJ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-31.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. A young boy on one of the many canals of the lake. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245264594-25XOMK40BPP9QC2DP64J/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-32.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. A scooter taxi driver takes rest in the shade by the riverfront downtown during the heat of the day in the northernmost city on Inle Lake. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245265204-SPGMIF5B61ZX4KIIIN8W/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-33.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. A woman prepares food at a street vending stall by the riverfront, downtown. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245267186-8110S9JZN0V25DBZGY4W/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-34.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. A young monk on his way back from the center of town with his friends(?)/fellow monks stops what he’s doing to meet the gaze of my camera and I am grateful. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245267958-QFLGD8YIW0YGP0K2LAJU/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-35.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. A vulnerability of sorts appears to emanate from this young man’s eyes as his fellow monks stand by beside him. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245269887-0D2M8VKQGJ0ENYG3HZLX/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-36.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245270884-7FBQDXJD6CSP9O11YP6R/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-37.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. The young monks make their way to the monastery presumably, carrying goods from town. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245273676-DLREFOX9CZH8G42CH94K/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-38.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. A young boy waves goodbye as our boat pulls away from the small village just beyond him in the distance, as his mother and father load firewood onto their boat from a truck behind them. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245276538-8TV3REEN0MHEDTVEU9C3/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-39.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. A common scene at all times of day on the lake, as a fisherman casts and retrieves his nets. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245279038-7RC50CYPWMTHTP4JHEZ6/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-40.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Myanmar. The sun sets beyond mountains to the west of the lake as light fades on a typical stilt house on the water. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558245280835-FIHDF1ENTQBCD6YJX6N5/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Inle+Lake+from+Yeykar+Village+to+Nyaungshwe-41.jpg Myanmar - Inle Lake from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe - Myanmar - Inle Lake Communities from Yeykar Village to Nyaungshwe © 2019 The Humans Being Project Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. At day’s end, several boatmen of the lake stand in front of the docks where they put in and take out from daily. From Yeykar Village, Ba Zin stands second from left and his brother-in-law Kyaw Soe, the son of [grandmother] Daw Than Kyi and the owner of a fleet of four boats, stands in the center. I take Kyaw Soe and Ba Zin out for drinks and dinner to say thank you for hosting me in Yeykar Village for four days and when we finish, Kyaw Soe insists on paying to show his gratitude to me. This is the kind of people I encounter everywhere in Myanmar. March 2019. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/myanmar-in-the-markets-of-inle-lake daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244778836-PCY9O2R4J8XTKZS69MR2/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-1.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A woman vends peanuts and other nuts at one of several outdoor markets held on the shores of Inle Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244808741-58ZNWA9PNA24P7DEYLS0/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-19.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. People come to market in boats from all over the lake, often traveling over an hour to get to any given market. Here, market goers load heavy bags full of goods after the morning’s market on the southwestern shores of the lake. A pagoda can be seen in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244782090-PXHYULI4QKM6UV6F7HUR/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-3.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A young boy helps to dock canoes that pull into a textile weaving workshop that rises up out of the lake’s waters on stilts. On his face he wears a paste called thanaka, a thousands of years old traditional adornment for men and women alike made from ground up bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244781936-QHZOVSPXTGH1YMDK35H2/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-4.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. High atop a hill overlooking the site of one of the weekday markets, an elderly man sits at the entrance to a small buddhist temple. He accepts donations from visitors for the temple in exchange for candles to burn to accompany prayers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244785335-ECD4XOHK24B7VSCJ9RCS/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-5.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Tobacco smoking is a widespread custom in Myanmar. The custodian of the temple’s eyes can barely be seen as he draws in heavily on a cigarette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244786177-TEK2JUL6EWIOG7GF64TP/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-6.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A young silversmith looks up from his work in a stilt-supported workshop on the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244778745-WJCZUONUS9A9T4IQXHVV/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-2.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Market stalls at one of the weekday markets on the shores of the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244787616-1VM9KW4SWOFUQI52RLMB/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-7.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A Pa’O hill tribeswoman offers a warm smile from her seat at her market stall where she sells an assortment of spices. Many Pa’O people come down from the mountains where they live to attend some of the markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244788652-NHGQ941YMJYP5JQPKL9R/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-8.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A woman from the Pa’O hill tribe offers a welcoming smile as she minds her market stall comprised of nuts and spices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244790506-82R72I3W2W8G3LHKJN95/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-9.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A man makes his selections from a market stall selling assorted spices like turmeric and ginger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244791167-7U3NLIQRBPNLRGTW7R4E/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-10.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A woman fries tiny sardines and offers one to me to eat, intimating with her hands that I am to eat the whole thing, including the head and tail (which I do). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244793273-P91A7JTLIYTF9N7A8X83/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-11.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A young man helps to dock canoes that come to visit a boat making workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244793836-FF13RTNZG0641ETCS5RJ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-12.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Floating marketplace: these women travel around the lake with an assortment of hand-crafted goods to sell, ranging from beaded necklaces to silver bracelets and other pieces, most all of which are made on the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244800329-XLZFIQA5D0IH1X276X3Z/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-13.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A floating vendor on the lake. The people have a tremendous openness that is offered up quite willingly to those wishing to engage with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244800627-7L5FN1W8UQT1YU7EFXLL/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-14.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A woman works a machine that weaves local materials into fine cloths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244802689-HECJ56UVA9Z5BLD0H1ZY/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-15.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. The scenery is breathtaking in any direction and boats are always seen coming and going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244803074-SGDT4A5KME0ZM8WA2KPN/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-16.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © 2019 The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. This woman along with her sister and mother moved to the lake district from their small village far to the north because they can make more money in one of its well visited jewelry making workshops that caters to tourists. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244805612-LKOPNHSHJGZJDKBQD8XL/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-17.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. The ancient resounds through the space between this subject and my camera. A sense of calm resignation permeates the air around this woman, who moved far away from her village to Inle Lake because there is no money to be made where she is from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244806222-RM0TAVI9275EAI8642IA/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-18.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Mother and daughters. The younger women take the rings off at night and the woman in the middle has her doubts about continuing in the tradition of wearing the rings. March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244812905-PFW8ZYCTX5RHF4FLHIKH/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-20.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A boatman takes in the scene at the Nanpen Sunday market, one of the busiest of the lake’s markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244815239-UJ53WGNLK7D2Q3FPT4IG/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-21.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A joy-filled Pa’O woman wears the traditional dress of the hill tribe at the Nanpen Sunday market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244815981-61DW2LZIKPBFQUWR319W/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-22.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A girl and her friends spend the day accepting kyats (the local currency) for use of the toilets at the Nanpen market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244818113-0SI5VGDDUJEVI8ZXKLJN/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-23.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Toilet duty at Nanpen Sunday market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244818676-RRHBB1T1D9W2VHEJHFR1/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-24.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Minding the public toilets at Sunday market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244821082-O2PJ52I7JQP4W1PSWRF4/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-25.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. The keepers of the cash box for the Sunday market toilets, these girls pass the day under the shade of a battered tarp and deposit the kyats they collect into a small plastic basket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244822215-FGNANI3S65GI1QHDF5SL/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-26.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Fatigue shows on the faces of these Sunday market vendors as the end of a long day approaches. Some vendors set out for market as early as 4:30am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244827018-AEXZ98CAFSP6BDVTAXFA/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-27.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A woman sells an assortment of chicken parts at Sunday market. Meat typically sits out in the open without refrigeration for long periods in Myanmar. M https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244828017-ML877R3IDCOBIBW5MN18/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-28.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A vendor of an assortment of oils looks up from his work towards the end of market day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244830166-QYGK9X5V36CFP76K7TZM/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-29.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A market vendor winds down at her stall towards day’s end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244830727-XQTE3VK7EB8SAWXQ8HPZ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-30.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A man wears a traditional lungyi, as is customary dress for men everywhere. A modern version of the sarong, lungyis became popular during British colonial rule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244832550-GOQMQAFUIA7CMTQAFOCW/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-31.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A man picks out a straw to accompany the fresh cut coconuts he sells at Sunday market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244975757-QC01J75KNERQ9F2AIM1A/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-33.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. A man excavates sediment from the lake on what is a quite typical and locally made boat in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558244976768-ZRV5MTZWEC4J44J6F0PY/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Markets+of+Inle+Lake-32.jpg Myanmar - In the Markets Of Inle Lake - Myanmar - In the Markets of Inle Lake © The Humans Being Project Inle Lake, Central Myanmar. Village homes and a pagoda can be seen in the distance behind this team of men excavating sediment from the lake. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/myanmar-yangon-part-i daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254509116-VBM06W8R0DZHZKD7VOH9/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-1.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A monk pauses before crossing a busy street after finishing a conversation on his cell phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254509282-XHUCDZHPK0Y3545ETHEU/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-2.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. The bustle of the waterfront during rush hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254512200-H0Q75YOMM8H7PVH9GBRG/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-3.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Everywhere I wander in the city I am met with wide mouthed grins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254512662-ZIYG7F1ER8GD6RBGK7DK/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-4.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Almost everywhere I wander in the city I am met with wide-mouthed grins. This man takes the time to look up from the crossword(?) he appears to be working on in the newspaper to oblige my request to photograph him— ‘De bó yai baÿazé?’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254515191-ZLYIPNACRHVDOP2XRXH1/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-5.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Penny for your thoughts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254517370-OF9SHFVS25U6AVM4EGZO/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-6.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Bicycle taxis are a common means of transportation and drivers can be seen at rest in between fares in groups all over the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254520425-Z4SPAN0XTUB669OYX2R2/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-7.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Turning down a random street I discover people sitting and relaxing in front of market stalls, on curbsides and in chairs, simply passing the time and apparently without a care in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254521605-6NSTT0I9KBH6KM7YJ925/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-8.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A young woman at work in a cell phone store in Chinatown. More and more electronics stores have appeared in recent years and while active device use does not appear widespread in public like in so many other developed parts of the world, the number of cell phone users in the country continues to increase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254523393-33TRRBGK4HMP4789KVLR/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-9.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Young monks wander the streets together, arm in arm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254524744-QQP9XF157HA0VIRF1NQ5/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-10.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Visitors make offerings at the Shwedagon Pagoda, which dates back to 1372. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254526942-HLWE1521WAELNW67G44E/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-11.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A young dockhand waits for more passengers to fill a boat at the riverfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254528211-LMPGPLJ9QIYGBTKMW78B/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-12.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Even if shy, most people I encounter welcome my requests to photograph them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254533923-BLCY5ESM3BXTBMPPSN7F/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-13.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Riverfront vendors sell beneath the afternoon sun on a foot bridge above the Yangon River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254535057-DLGII4KAYAXLCP3HEB32/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-14.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A man hauls a heavy sack of potatoes from a boat to a storage facility at the riverfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254537237-QZ7CDFWOTACJ5GKCZO04/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-15.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Happiness appears to be a way of life in Yangon, clearly evidenced by this boatman at the riverfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254538652-F5Z9UG94S3PXS6097029/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-16.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being ProjectHumans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. The backs of market stalls are visible below apartment blocks and a relatively newly constructed hotel, while boats come and go in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254540402-84S5J4EY0425R1HICQDQ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-17.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A young dockhand pushes a boat out as others arrive in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254541871-KODXQ9VYFO6PI0CGWH4I/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-18.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A common scene at most times of day. Bicycle taxi operators at rest in between fares. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254544147-KC7YI5UNTERDV9AO5HU1/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-19.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A welcoming smile from a bicycle taxi man at the riverfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254546586-TF4XCNOJJMFBELQACN5W/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-20.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A dozen different stories play out on the banks of the Yangon River on a Tuesday afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254548912-6YGHIHJQXHNIOPJIUKJG/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-21.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A young boy laughs in between bites of his snack at the riverfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254551053-GQV4W7FTV205DE1CQ9I0/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-22.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A thoughtful stare hangs on the face of a street vendor at the riverfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254553504-DA5LCQ7WERU4XIOY7R4U/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-23.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A look of almost challenge on the face of a street vendor meets my camera’s eye at the riverfront in the fading sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254554871-I3B3KYGKA4EHIJRLW8Q3/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-24.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A moment later the woman and I have developed a rapport and her hard face breaks, revealing a trusting and easy-going mood underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254558029-FCLGXUZQ4RXYJXFNUL46/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-25.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. The fading sunlight just barely catches the eyes of this bicycle taxi man who appears to be taking in the whole of the scene on the streets around him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254559686-PUKHV80WQCS5XPN62DC1/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-26.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Another example of the traditional Myanmar men’s garment, the lunghi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254563839-1XA8BD44RTWXVDY8USPQ/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-27.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. A bicycle taxi man passes the time in between fares by reading a newspaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1558254564233-7I8IS83EBLKHLLLPQBQA/The+Humans+Being+Project-Myanmar-Yangon-Part+I-28.jpg Myanmar-Yangon-Faces and Portraits of the People of the City Part I - Myanmar-Yangon-Faces-Portraits-People-Part I © The Humans Being Project Yangon, Myanmar. Passenger boat traffic on the Yangon River. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/india-village-life-during-festival-time-1-manpur-and-diwal daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373785617-0YYECEHZ8YGDJALBZISC/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-1.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Mother and daughter take a break from tilling soil to plant lentils in the fertile fields outside of their village near the mouth of the Ganges River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373785682-4588AV0W8R75GZSERSR4/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-2.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Lentils grow in terraces that rise up the mountainside above a village shrine beside a spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373791507-6IE8SVYUTHHL12KKT7DW/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-3.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. A young woman washes her family’s laundry at the village spring fed from the Ganges River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373791346-8FIOGNHX9EHHQ6W9Q420/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-4.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Three boys, friends, relax in the fall sunshine across from the washing spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373798473-8XIWWPKJBF29MFHHT7XJ/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-5.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. The brother of ‘Guru,’ my friend, guide, and translator, smiles warmly after leading me out to the fields where villagers are farming beside him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373800308-N9YF04I4WF0D84FSFL24/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-6.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. A man and his animals work the land in one of the many plots outside the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373803650-JI1T6QATJ9P5HBVR3S7X/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-7.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Family members of all ages often get involved to help with what needs to be done, whether cooking, cleaning, or farming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373806532-CLU0UKJYKNNJSXJW3VVR/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-8.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. My friend and guide, Guru, stands in the fields with villagers, the older of whom have known him his whole life. Guru moved away from Manpur at age 16 to find restaurant work in the heavily touristed town of Rishikesh, where he learned English and sends money home to his family regularly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373809716-CTKC4YEGCJ3E7SHRAOA2/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-9.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. The village’s Main Street, where one can catch taxis either down to Uttarkashi or else higher up into the mountains in the opposite direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373815306-FELYJ77HBE893NUEPODX/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-10.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Children stare in the windows to the bedroom that I share with Guru. They are intrigued with almost every move I make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373816708-I0Z19TO9ZJM1YHVIK2T0/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-11.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. A mother and her daughter both grind and sift grain together in front of their family home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373820452-W2ATX77D7TZC497FQBK7/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-12.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. A woman struggles to contain her joy as she looks up from grinding grain in front of her colorful house hung with drying laundry, visible behind her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373822077-A86EC21L5O7MT3I9OHVG/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-13.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. A young girl offers a shy smile while sifting grain on her front patio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373828512-Y966NRYFMY3L6XXR5Q4Q/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-14.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. The maternal grandmother of Guru sits with her family after tea on the large rear patio overlooking the valley beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373830423-WGSL9ROB4AGISI1MHP3E/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-15.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Two young girls pose for a photo amidst their friends and family after tea on the family’s spacious rear patio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373833950-T74UPSZSKZJGS82H3IC7/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-16.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. The paternal grandmother of Guru shares a warm grin after tea on the family patio. I grow close to all of the family members during my time with them, and this smile would not have revealed itself so easily at the beginning of my stay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373835880-OWFGNW8IFD3M9GQTGK68/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-17.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Joy turns to laughter with this beautiful matriarch of the family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373840793-ESD6V5A69LZHTJGCQTEH/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-18.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Village life is truly a family affair and young children are often tended to by friends and relatives of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373843231-XT3TPFJMJKH28PGCHMYK/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-19.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. A young man and old friend of Guru shows off his effortless style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373847252-36MVQ9Y1U6UFC0P4PBF1/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-20.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. The openness of people in India is tremendous, and especially in the villages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373849231-X95MM9FRD2V9SFBM7I38/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-21.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. A colorful wall offers the perfect background to frame this woman’s expression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373854549-2PLJ0O1CT8VHY53CNH35/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-22.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. Guru’s brother lights a simple oil lamp to bring light for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1559373855700-0FMD75LJ9JZI21FEE3PE/Northern+India+During+Festival+Time+%C2%A9+2018+The+Humans+Being+Project-1-23.jpg India-Village Life During Festival Time I - Manpur and Diwali - India-Village Life During Festival Time I-Manpur and Diwali-Faces-Portraits-People © The Humans Being Project Manpur Village, Himalayan Foothills, Northern India. 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He is also a cook and crafts the most beautiful castle style, ornate iron doors you’ve ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565015974287-YLW9NYNM8A8J47AV6VUA/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-3.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-3 DJeca Vjetra Restaurant, Guesthouse, and Equestrian Club, Sarajevo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565709565262-O1FLGAJW2UFH21UMPOPX/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-4.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-4 Two Sarajevo residents pose together while the elder of the two is on a break from work in the old city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565015987619-NB8KDP9QIJHBFMGD5BYW/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-5.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-5 A mosque’s minaret rises above the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565015989671-LZC9SFYYJUZFZAAH8VQ7/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-6.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-6 Closeup, Sarajevo man on break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565015999008-4Q1NGK2F3CPEV7YOONRG/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-7.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-7 People come and go on one of the city’s main thoroughfares in Central Sarajevo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016003859-CQ2LZNYL7686EGDY7DZ2/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-8.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-8 Deep in conversation, a trolley driver focuses intently on the road ahead. Communist-era trolleys run the length of the city and are a common and inexpensive form of transport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016008928-W3FO4ME4LU02FV7EH91J/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-9.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-9 Apartments buildings bare the scars of bullets and shillings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016020425-J9H9PA4P6UUOMY7DDWCD/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-10.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-10 A local street musician at work near the old city. He plays a traditional instrument of the Balkans called a shargia that originated in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the rule of the Ottoman Empire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016030174-NPKW090Q93Z58DZLQKZD/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-11.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-11 Mountains rise above the thriving downtown shopping and hotels district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016034513-A4AFC6B6QIMKL5HXRORH/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-12.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-12 Sarajevo resident opens herself cautiously to the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016041861-FCPU4RCKV4YPA1ZMC5DD/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-13.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-13 Another apartment building tells the story of war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016048456-J0LAV3QQ3XLU5P9V159F/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-14.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-14 Tufo’s daughter Sanja works in the lounge of the restaurant before opening hours. She is on hand most days the restaurant is open, helping with everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016055241-U6ONMZ792557B51PMJ8K/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-15.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-15 A house in the mountains across the restaurant. This area is considered to be a part of the old city of Sarajevo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565709651780-0SHG160J251B8QPU0KIF/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-16.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-16 Sanja looks up from her work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016064120-SEE8V5U0Z73BIUEH067B/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-17.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-17 The Tunnel Museum in Sarajevo is dedicated to preserving the hand dug tunnel that kept the city alive during the siege. It took six months to dig out the 800 meter stretch that ran under the then Serb controlled airstrip. Laborers worked under near constant shelling and often with water up to their wastes that had to be emptied one bucket at a time. Once finished, the one and a half meter high tunnel was used to deliver essential food, gas, and weapons into the city that had no other way in. It proved crucial to the survival of its inhabitants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016070260-C6ZG3KQHR69Q178N5T4J/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-18.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-18 Longtime international volunteer, author, and Bosnian eco tourism specialist Tim Clancy bends down inside the War Tunnel. Tim delivered supplies through the tunnel on multiple occasions during the war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565016072872-LEXEY85U26M89LV2X0QS/Bosnia-Sarajevo+and+the+Paradoxes+of+Life+After+War-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-19.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo After Wartime - Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo After Wartime-Photos by The Humans Being Project-19 A Muslim gravestone and the city in the distance. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/bosnia-and-the-european-refugee-crises-volunteers daily 0.75 2019-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565018157052-4YODZ60UOTYRH18Y7WIB/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-1.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- By The Humans Being Project-1 Martin from Czech Republic handles door responsibilities today, patting down and searching all prior to entry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565018199748-1LIF171BJUA9QCJULZDN/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-10.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- By The Humans Being Project-2 Rachida is from Tunisia and has been living in Sarajevo with her Bosnian husband for two years. She’s been volunteering at the center for six months. Rachida prepares Tunisian dishes for those in need in a large school bus parked in back of the center that’s been converted to an industrial kitchen. “[Simply] because they come here, we need to help them. They sleep in the streets, you know?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565018155047-Q897KH2TZC043HO3O3D8/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-2.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis-By The Humans Being Project-3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021357745-AAQFEH8H03KF8TJ9610M/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-18.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis-By The Humans Being Project-5 Nermin is a nurse from Bosnia who has worked with Aid Brigade for a year. “Helping people and getting to know people from different countries and cultures is my favorite thing.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565018167320-CO1VCQI28ZG8N192A4SG/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-3.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-6 Vedad is a Sarajevo native and volunteers at the center because “It makes you happy to volunteer.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021271674-KVO0WUZNEG5EGR6AO7UF/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-12.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-7 Hanna is from London and has been with Aid Brigade in Sarajevo for eight months. She’s been volunteering since 2015, working with the homeless and underprivileged. “Inequality makes me really f*cking angry,” she said. “To see that when you’ve had so much… [That’s why I volunteer].” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565018178327-K40ZR9N7TLAF93PRXFX6/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-5.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-8 Martin began volunteering seven years ago while he was in college. He arrived in Sarajevo a week before this photo was taken and plans to stay for three months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021328711-TMQHPZ2F5PX1XUO1OJ7A/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-16.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-9 Mostafa is also from Iran and is a design carpenter. He left Iran because he couldn’t get paid a decent wage for his work. He has been is Sarajevo since December of 2018 and has no passport, although he does have an iPhone and an Instagram account. He’s been fortunate to get some work trades for food and lodging in the city. He plans to head for the UK, the Netherlands, or Spain to seek refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021378373-BEJZF821XJSMN8E7RFGH/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-19.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-11 Sanin is a Bosnian native from Sarajevo who has been volunteering for three months. Sanin loves working in the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565018191053-SO24EXFHX16TVG2OZL9B/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-8.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-10 Fahad is from the Philippines and was educated in Turkey beginning at age 13 as a boarding student. He originally planned to volunteer for a week or two and that was six months ago. “Helping people is the best thing ever,” he says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021383717-1JO2080K3E23H8FMCCVL/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-20.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-12 Francesco is from northeast of Venice, Italy. Initially, he came to volunteer with Aid Brigade for three weeks and has stayed on for thirteen months so far. He was working in a refugee camp in Serbia prior to being in Sarajevo. He loves doing something good for people and traveling. Francesco lives in the Fiat Decato van that he purchased recently and is renovating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021452079-VIPVADAF8YRCGH00GVF6/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-22.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-13 Rachida prepares couscous for two hundred. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021468552-C6ELT4F05C0VZBZNETEG/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-23.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers-By The Humans Being Project-14 There’s a powerful camaraderie amongst the volunteers that’s easy to feel when spending time with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021478541-AWYP9VEH7HPFMWVBB67J/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-24.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers-By The Humans Being Project-15 Roos is from the Netherlands and has been the coordinator of this location for eight months, coordinating ‘generally everything.’ She began volunteering at age 14 when she became a youth ambassador for an ngo and has worked in many different countries, Jordan, the Netherlands, and Greece, to name a few. The other volunteers have an immense amount of respect for Roos and longtime international aid and volunteer Tim Clancy says simply, “She’s amazing.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021494300-KN9WKR194CYG76XXR14S/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-25.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021520322-YNO2TC5O6AFN7QRTDLJ6/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-27.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-17 Joao is from Portugal and has been volunteering in Sarajevo for a year and two months. He originally began volunteering in November of 2015 due to the huge surge of refugees seeking asylum in Europe. In ‘real life’ Joao is a pharmacist, and he volunteers because along with travel, it’s one of his favorite things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021522305-VM48IUTZWM4VBSOXKOAA/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-28.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers-By The Humans Being Project-18 Hanna is from London and has been with Aid Brigade in Sarajevo for eight months. She’s been volunteering since 2015, working with the homeless and underprivileged. “Inequality makes me really f*cking angry,” she said. “To see that when you’ve had so much… [That’s why I volunteer].” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021542530-Z5MD1JQD01RYUT5EKWG0/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-30.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers- By The Humans Being Project-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021577017-ZAAPDCU1JL7259KPXZG8/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-31.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers-By The Humans Being Project-20 Ramsey is from the United States and first came to Bosnia to volunteer in the early 1990’s, working with in refugee camps during the war. She returned to Sarajevo again this spring to contribute. In addition to helping in the camps in way that’s needed, Ramsey teaches also women and girls self defense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1565021587211-IYLE2TLN5BOM11NWSRR0/Bosnia-Sarajevo-International+Aid+Workers+and+the+Refugee+Crisis-%C2%A9-2019-The+Humans+Being+Project-32.jpg Bosnia-Herzegovina - The European Refugee Crisis and International Volunteers In Sarajevo - Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Refugee Crisis- International Aid Volunteers-By The Humans Being Project-21 https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/mexico-albania-greece-france daily 0.75 2020-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597707764637-OFFIASN5NMT3MN696PMF/The_Humans_Being_Project-Mexico-Albania-Greece-France-1.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885720291-49FCKV582QZ186529J7K/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-1.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Mexican Mariachi Band Member #1 A member of a mariachi band pauses in between songs on a busy downtown street in Sayulita, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885715075-VPFHTTS7F9DBZ9WFQSWK/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Mexican Mariachi Band Member #2 A member of a mariachi band pauses in between songs on a busy downtown street in Sayulita, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885719872-L2L4MTVM0XSOFY3YQNGA/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-3.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Mariachi Band, Sayulita, Mexico A mariachi band pauses in between songs on a busy downtown street in Sayulita, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885726968-HOTDTSJ9HLYP1EIRQ6JH/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-4.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Traveling Salesman, Sayulita, Mexico. A beachside refreshment vendor wheels his cart away from the beach on a busy downtown street in this coastal town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885726306-G9MNPE2PF22SFQ6ZVHDK/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-5.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Woman Selling Stuffed Animals, Sayulita, Mexico A young woman vends stuffed animals on a beachside street in Sayulita, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885729395-UN78SX4D9216GW6STDZ2/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-6.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Festival Time Colorful paper decorations line the streets of downtown Sayulita, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885732233-RJ52SAH6E59CUOEWVAR5/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-7.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - The Band Plays On An eight piece brass and percussion band plays on a crowded beach in Sayulita, Mexico during the high holiday week of Semana Santa (Mexico's Easter Holiday). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885731878-TLKWN26JMEUQJRFK6RHP/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-8.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Trombone on the Beach A member of an eight piece brass and percussion band plays on a crowded beach in Sayulita, Mexico during the high holiday week of Semana Santa (Mexico's Easter Holiday). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885735210-Z128TQNXCL6RQOJ3L58O/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-9.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through Members of an eight piece brass and percussion band pause in between songs on a crowded beach in Sayulita, Mexico during the high holiday week of Semana Santa (Mexico's Easter Holiday). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885734577-GSDN66SLST28GWDEHUU6/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-10.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Drumming With a Smile A member of an eight piece brass and percussion band plays on a crowded beach in Sayulita, Mexico during the high holiday week of Semana Santa (Mexico's Easter Holiday). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885737554-BZ6NDT0EOOD0M6XXOL3G/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-11.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Sunset Over the Pacific The sun sets over the Pacifi Ocean, seen from the shores of Sayulita, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885738438-3GPPTLL3MJ9ALI4WUVA3/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-12.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Lakeside Beer Time, Albania Three men enjoy a late morning beer together on the shores of Lake Pogradeci in Albania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885740954-LNPR6WNMAA7RMCVHZC4J/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-13.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Beer Drinking Man #1 A man enjoys a late morning beer on the shores of Lake Pogradeci in Albania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885740531-Z4OC8XXJYRSBBOA3QPFS/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-14.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Beer Drinking Man #2 A man enjoys a late morning beer on the shores of Lake Pogradeci in Albania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885747098-WTIMHWNIV8RI683E5FQS/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-15.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Beer Drinking Man #3 A man enjoys a late morning beer on the shores of Lake Pogradeci in Albania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885749849-1GIVMRKWNEDCHARIGN2M/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-16.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Lakeside Playtime A woman and her children enjoy a quiet morning on the shores of Lake Pogradeci in Albania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885749613-DKEG8QHJ18GWNKIFY5B2/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-17.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - 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My friends and I spent the night at his home the previous evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885757875-4PALOXUJG07WHQ0P4OQ9/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-21.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Portrait of an Albanian Woman An Albanian woman pauses for a portrait in front of his home in a small village. My friends and I spent the night at his home the previous evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885756866-VV90YOXATDQKUGDEMCPB/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-22.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through An Albanian woman pauses for a portrait in front of his home in a small village. My friends and I spent the night at his home the previous evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885759077-MFCLFIE22MK5O2DWWCY7/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-23.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Portrait of an Albanian Family An Albanian mother and son and his wife pose together in the small garden in front of their village home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885766956-GDOXFFL4TEMVHZGDQRQI/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-24.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - High Above the Greek City of Meteora A view from cliffs high atop the Greek city of Meteora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885761947-E8JY9022NSDTFJDWCVV3/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-25.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Meteora Monastery #1 An ancient monastery sits on cliffs high above the Greek city of Meteora below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885767559-J3Y751RDWVX76XZZKOSQ/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-26.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - 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Just Passing Through - Miniature Eiffel Towers, Paris, France Miniature Eiffel Tower models on display for sale at a roadside vending stall in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, across the street from the Notre Dame Cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885777312-4UI14O6AK46RZF7LP634/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-33.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Paris Metro In Motion A Paris Metro Train speeds by as commuters come and go about their business at the Saint-Michel / Notre-Dame Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885779364-LVSE6W24KVT6XOZGC4VY/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-34.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Young Policewoman and Notre Dame A young policewoman stands guard at a roadblock to keep out the public, shortly after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in the spring of 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885786884-1AZY3S4DDKL5Q4JQQRMA/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-35.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Apartment buildings, 4th Arrondissement of Paris Elegant apartment buildings rise above the streets of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, across the street from the Cathedral of Notre Dame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885786382-G9ZUMAZATR02SQVP0FHY/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-36.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Streetside Vendor, Paris, France-- Pre-Smile A streetside vendor in the 4th arrondissement of Paris sits solemnly beside his wares on a busy sidewalk across the River Seine from the Cathedral of Notre Dame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885788608-LVHKQ21TC9ZWAUVSZ7AP/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-37.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - Just Passing Through - Streetside Vendor, Paris, France-- With Smile A streetside vendor in the 4th arrondissement of Paris sits smiling warmly beside his wares on a busy sidewalk across the River Seine from the Cathedral of Notre Dame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1597885791356-CO3LPSZFV7KEQFVSHKQH/Mexico-Albani-Greece-France-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-38.jpg Mexico-Albania-Greece-France - 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Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578514971-GLB4Z523L4YH4CI1NUOI/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-6.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendor, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 1 A woman at Bukhara's Central Bazaar stands smiling with one of her dried fruit arrangements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578516518-DXTQGHZM3QWA3GWUQMYZ/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-7.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Uzbek Script and Mosaic, Bukhara 1 Colorful mosaic and beautiful Uzbek script adorn the outside of the Kalan Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578517752-6182YT1747ACA0MLJWDH/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-8.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Po-i-Kalan Religious Center, Bukhara Uzbekistan 1 The Kalyan Minaret rises high above the Po-i-Kalan Mosque near the City Centre of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. Genghis Khan was so impressed with the construction of the minaret that he ordered his men to spare it as they destroyed everything surrounding it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578519263-KSJV5A5BZRVJTITFYLWJ/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-9.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Po-i-Kalan Religious Center, Bukhara Uzbekistan 2 The Kalyan Minaret rises high above the Po-i-Kalan Mosque near the City Centre of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. Genghis Khan was so impressed with the construction of the minaret that he ordered his men to spare it as they destroyed everything surrounding it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578520854-Q9I5QA7B5TQRGWSY543I/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-10.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Woman Making Handcrafts, Old City Bukhara A woman works on handcrafts outside a small shop in the Old City of Bukhara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578523178-184P6J7XE019SPYDRQSL/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-11.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Student, Old City Bukhara A young man on the streets of the Old City of Bukhara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578522937-ISCLV3KDMMYG02SAOVTK/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-12.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Women On the Plaza in Bukhara Two women sit on a broad plaza in the Old City of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578529373-DJCKL5SZCE7CMXDUKEE3/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-13.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Uzbek Mechanic An Uzbek mechanic stands proudly in front of his shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578529265-QQN12Q3SFJM1DTYNJIYQ/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-14.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Bukhara Mosque Silhouette The sun shines high above a mosque in the Old City of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578532159-PC3ISK3628EQNMHZKBYC/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-15.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Ancient Bukhara Architecture Beautiful tiled mosaic designs adorn an ancient archway in the center of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578532378-UFGYEZPDH1H5RQ1715LP/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-16.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendor, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 8 Smiles abound at Bukhara's Central Bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578534438-G73F4LSR4JX3X5MYZMHM/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-17.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendor, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 3 A man offers a warm smile in front of his market stall in Bukhara's Central Bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578535443-EJB7B37FEKLUGZ69SUHW/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-18.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Bukhara's Central Bazaar - Entrance A man carries his shopping from the bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578539134-J1QD1D2OK43SONXLMG8K/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-19.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendor, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 5 A woman offers a somewhat guarded glance in front of her market stall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578537458-BJLJIMZ3IFWI67KCYRZB/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-20.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendor, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 6 A smile has broken out on the woman's face at Bukhar'as Central Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578540153-H8NCAY7W2A3SEMPSPASY/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-21.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendor, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 7 Warmth radiates from a produce seller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578542686-3WOEX4472X5R42M3ME1C/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-22.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendors, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 4 Two men offer warm smiles as they chat in front of their market stalls in Bukhara's Central Bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578545673-W6O5FZYGUCUMN25F5QSV/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-23.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Bicycle the Blue Sky, Bukhara, Uzbekistan A young boy rides his bicycle on a beautiful day near the City Centre of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578550276-4ZVZ3VUAQAD5E06OZHP2/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-24.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Smilng Women, Old City Bukhara Two women offer warm smiles on the streets of the Old City of Bukhara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578549907-PDQEW3WPZAO85UD8YWN4/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-25.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Tea Time In the Old City A man sits at a table with friends deep within the labyrinthian streets of the Old City of Bukhara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578554056-QCTF8KPKSK15E5D924TH/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-26.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Nightfall at the Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Night falls on the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Historically, the Registan is where people gathered to hear royal proclamations, as well as to witness public executions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578552903-4PFKQ16KYONBZM9CWVFJ/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-27.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Jump For Joy, Bukhara 21 year old phillogy student Ruslanbek Yahyouev takes a leap for joy in his hometown of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578554902-MS3UVH6ZCA07JN1CMCW6/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-28.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Po-i-Kalan Religious Center, Bukhara Uzbekistan 3 The Kalyan Minaret rises high above the Po-i-Kalan Mosque near the City Centre of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. Genghis Khan was so impressed with the construction of the minaret that he ordered his men to spare it as they destroyed everything surrounding it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578558012-L8NVLU1IINEB5DO5KL54/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-29.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Kalyan Minaret, Bukhara, Uzbekistan The Kalyan Minaret is lit up at night near the City Centre of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. Genghis Khan was so impressed with the construction of the minaret that he ordered his men to spare it as they destroyed everything surrounding it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578557293-VK1VNGUTAAO2LOTZZSKR/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-30.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Uzbek Script and Mosaic, Bukhara 1 Colorful mosaic and beautiful Uzbek script adorn a wall in the Old City of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578560549-59JX27J3I682KE13VRPM/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-31.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Old City Bukhara Portraits 1 Two young girls sit on a stoop in the Old City of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578560319-N83IYE4RUWTM24DF44KG/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-32.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Children At Play, Bukhara Old City 1 Children create a world of fun using an old cart on one of The Old City of Bukhara's narrow streets, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578563092-V5CHA9CXQO0AT8K1EKZJ/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-33.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Children At Play, Bukhara Old City 2 Children create a world of fun using an old cart on one of The Old City of Bukhara's narrow streets, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578566326-OPHRYJF6KKBP4U0G0I6P/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-34.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Children At Play, Bukhara Old City 3 Children create a world of fun using an old cart on one of The Old City of Bukhara's narrow streets, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578567629-YOJO13LYM1T2WPXPBY2F/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-35.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Child, Old City Bukhara A boy smiles shyly on the streets of the Old City, Bukhara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578570228-RIBRJXOTN64GL5UIZJQK/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-36.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Old City Bukhara Construction Worker A man smiles on the job as evening falls on the Old City of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578569879-9QOSWIENQDBX57X1SOHO/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-37.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Workers in the Evening, Old City Bukhara, Uzbekistan Men take a break from work on a construction job across the street from where they're standing, Old City of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578573404-JA9HXNMPFOH0GK8P6PCY/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-38.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Gossip, Old City of Bukhara Two women chat on their way home in the narrow streets of the Old City of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578572556-8JJ21K9REJDZV3M3GV1Z/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-39.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Vendor, Central Bazaar Bukhara, 2 A young man offers a reflective glance while leaning on stacked loaves of bread at his market stall in Bukhara's Central Bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578574574-2UDS97QRZLE72O83FUXA/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-40.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Coffee Time in Bukhara, Uzbekistan A man serves coffee inside his small cafe in the Old City of Bukhara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1598578575848-TCVYC1SU3MVUJ30OEUF4/Uzbekistan_and_the_Silk_Road-%C2%A9-The_Humans_Being_Project-41.jpg Uzbekistan - Heart Of the Ancient Silk Road - Hat Seller, Bukhara A man sells a variety of hats at his stall on the outskirts of the Old City of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/tajikistan-the-afghan-people-from-across-the-panj-river-and-the-pamir-lodge-family-of-khorog daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174052640-V3YG77RWG3KHW1SDIDQQ/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-1.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Afghan Woman Drumming, Afghan Market Outside Khorog, Tajikistan Afghanistan lies just a short walk across a bridge over the Panj River from the Afghan Market on the Tajik side of the border. Afghan market vendors walk their goods across the village from their nearby home villages on the other side of the river. The Afghan people are perhaps the most beautiful people I have ever encountered. They are tremendously present, warm, and hospitable, often offering to buy me lunch at the market if I am hungry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174056724-8P53PP0QEZ5D2BG48W1W/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Afghan Man at the Afghan Market Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan The depth and presence of the Afghan people is palpable and I am moved by each new encounter. I exchange a few words in the local Shugnan language with each new acquaintance. Afghanistan lies just a short walk across a bridge over the Panj River from the Afghan Market on the Tajik side of the border. Afghan market vendors walk their goods across the village from their nearby home villages on the other side of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174055694-LA5W4VBMTT72GADEODIA/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-3.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Afghan Fabric Seller at the Afghan Market Outside of Khorog, Taj This man is my favorite that I meet all day at the market. Once he's done working for the day we sit together and he takes my hand in his warmly, sharing fresh peaches from a paper bag that he has brought with him for the day. Afghanistan lies just a short walk across a bridge over the Panj River from the Afghan Market on the Tajik side of the border. Afghan market vendors walk their goods across the village from their nearby home villages on the other side of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174058354-4QP3FOHT9ZEKRA17I9ET/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-4.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At the Afghan Market just outside of Khorog, Tajikistan Vendors sell all manner of wares, from scarfs and clothing to toiletries and garden tools. Afghanistan lies just a short walk across a bridge over the Panj River from the Afghan Market on the Tajik side of the border. 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The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174099524-WFBHAVK5EJ903E3XEAZ0/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-20.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174098044-NZH5HA593UNXOTN9I5ZY/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-21.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174105652-0WG4UELCP7Z978SXKZQQ/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-22.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174106730-OUQWNNNM5K97S5V0O9QT/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-23.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174110928-1S2Y3G3FXTBR5P7QOKL3/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-24.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174110795-6V8561G43XBH2LMMMWUV/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-25.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174113838-F3XNZE9DWOHP0VIGE4KY/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-26.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174115407-JNDOG3S9PQYASEGOK05G/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-27.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174116420-GHH1THXYLWQMTJ4NAP78/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-28.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174120666-TUOC084Q1D2C9JFS3E4C/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-29.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174119061-FBABIPSLN31GL3GD6CB3/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-30.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174122781-QS6WCJH87VQ2PDQ16HHF/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-31.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174125428-J2ZIN02MR17Z62VV2DLT/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-32.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174126892-EV7QWRS47QRW2UTEM36G/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-33.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174129379-D83RP3BZE1ZO0RCIKFLF/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-34.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174128904-9AQ8JX96ZHN12SSYXFSP/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-35.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174136459-QSJZAWID6RAQ4R2Y8DFL/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-36.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - At The Afghan Market Just Outside of Khorog, Tajikistan and Acro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174131512-QI8CWF03X17DU6VJHD96/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-37.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Just Outside the Market Can Be See the Bridge Across the Panj Ri Afghanistan lies just a short walk across the river from the Afghan Market on the Tajik side of the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174136574-Y7LQ6WNEE5XEDLH1JQ61/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-38.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Tajik Children Play Just Outside the Afghan Market Outside of Kh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174143294-HV5WUU0LOJ8YL550VT2E/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-39.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - All In A Day's Work - Relaxing at the Pamir Lodge, Famous Wayst Manager of the famed Pamir Lodge Saeed relaxes after tea time near the entryway to the lodge. Saeed and his family who run the lodge become like family to me during my time here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174146583-2HXT5BH20DT9Y97FAIB2/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-41.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Grandmother Shirinbakht Garibmamadova of The Pamir Lodge -1, GBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174150316-27RDH10UHS2ROIY8XID4/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-42.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Grandmother Shirinbakht Garibmamadova of The Pamir Lodge -1, GBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174152654-Z2IKQ1WV2SVTPFX176SC/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-43.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Shhh-- Don't Say A Word! 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The Lodge serves as a central way station on the Pamir Highway for backpackers and adventure travelers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174175204-2SPL4427GZBEN3S3YAKD/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-49.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Dr. Ali Mohammad Rajput and Some of The Extended Pamir Lodge Fam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601174174133-GT07GHIAEVNK1AEBWG14/In-the-Afghan-Market-and-the-Pamir-Lodge-Family-Khorog-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-50.jpg Tajikistan - The Afghan People From Across the Panj River and The Pamir Lodge Family of Khorog - Walking His Calf Into the Sun, GBAO, Khorog, Tajikistan https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/the-pamiri-people-of-eastern-tajikistan-part-ii daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168130021-APM1C9W8Y66VI19RY3I4/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-1.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Shepherd On the Road to Ravmed Village, Bhartang Valley, Tajikis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168253837-OLJGJ3D0CP92FRG6QID3/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-33.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Four Generations of Women of Ravmed Village, Tajikistan Four generations of women walk up valley after school has let out for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168140597-WUR4WE5RQQUPP99ZEDXJ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-5.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Traditional Home in Ravmed Village, Bhartang Valley, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168139538-DDR521A2YLY1F96104EP/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-3.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - A Man In His Traditional Pamiri Home, Ravmed Village, GBAO, Tajk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168138479-CDL8F86WHERSLOV6RPPN/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-4.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Father and Son In Their Traditional Pamiri Home, Ravmed Village, Tea service sits at the right of the frame as a father and son take a break from welcoming me into their home to be photographed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168142775-N9B223M9CQ6PJO7RX9WY/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-6.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Passing Time in Ravmed Village An uncle sits with his niece and nephew outside the family's small homestay, one of a few in this tiny village that was only connected to the outside world with a road about a dozen years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168153965-BROIJRW2J1T67R2TNAND/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-7.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Volleyball Match Between Childhood Friends - 1, Ravemd Village, I never imagined a neighborhood volleyball court like this when I was a kid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168122897-WNX8BFLOBKGGU67CK2G9/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-8.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Volleyball Match Between Childhood Friends - 2, Ravemd Village, More volleyball action! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168150582-J1FEK7K9BH6RJGLA2ROJ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-9.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Volleyball Match Between Childhood Friends - 3, Ravemd Village, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168153967-ZVQ9D0R5PZH70IGZTR5O/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-10.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Friends On and Off the Volleyball Court, Ravemd Village, GBAO, T The love between friends and family in Ravmed Village is palpalbe and you can just about feel it through the photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168163126-TF20OMG2EEHTV4XIDZUC/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-11.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Friends in Ravemd Pose in Front of a Traditional Pamiri Home in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168135078-29PZCLDBNH2HBEB70Q42/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Evening Descends On The Village of Ravmed, Gorno-Badakhshan Auto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168163126-0JO5FR95ZAF55ZT2PZ3Y/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-12.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Dancing at a Traditional Pamiri Wedding in Ravmed Village - 3, P Some dance alone as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168167484-QJYRKYEK1MCKQP0P9AQK/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-13.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - The Groom and His Men, Traditional Pamiri Wedding, Ravmed Villag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168174449-SFS5NZ6JKFZ45CD42J2D/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-14.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Crowded Inside a Traditional House for a Pamiri Wedding in Ravme Men, women and children all crowd into the Pamiri house to celebrate the wedding in the central portion of the home beneath the chorkhona and rauzan above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168174013-GO2SASO3YEHGRW098CJW/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-15.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Dancer, Traditional Pamiri Wedding in Ravmed, Bhartang Valley, T Dancing is a central part of Pamiri weddings. The traditional architecture of the Pamiri home can be seen above the man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168182986-2QT7UWUA88MO24QZL4GM/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-16.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Women Peering Down Through the Roetz and Into the Pamiri House t Some spectators choose to watch the celebration from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168188535-PU9N432EG3BIBGAP5Y4L/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-17.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Dancing at a Traditional Pamiri Wedding in Ravmed Village - 1, P People call on one another to dance in the center of the home during the festivities. Men dance with women and men and vice versa. Everyone dance together in celebration of the bride and groom and all visitors who happen upon the wedding are welcome-- including me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168188182-XTI7Q2MDP94O5WPZGQAT/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-18.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Dancing at a Traditional Pamiri Wedding in Ravmed Village - 2, P https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168191630-VXHGTE6LTFWS53W6U5KD/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-19.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Vafobak, 'The King of Friendship,' Ravmed Village, GBAO, Tajikis My principal guide to Ravmed Village and the Ismaili Culture of the Pamirs is none other than 'the King of Friendship,' the literal translation of Vafobak's name. I learn many things from my new friend during my time here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168193457-YOODTI2FUZAASSJJTRSQ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-20.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - A Boy and HIs Donkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168201261-4170ENDNO8D8P0R8LMFC/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-21.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Squatting Smiling Man, Ravmed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168200896-H79AZTGPCQ69QBSW5AFN/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-22.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - The Home of Vafobak and His Family My new friend and guide Vafobak stands proudly in front of his family's home, constructed of mud, stone and straw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168210105-ODLN7BURRYO7VNMBBU0B/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-23.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Mother of Vafobak, Ravmed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168207752-AFMZKDN660YJE6YS3HV6/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-24.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Mother of Vafobak Inside Her Traditional Pamiri Home in Ravmed V Standing amidst the housewares of her home and kitchen, a woman offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a villager in Ravmed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168209986-CFG2BIVDLCKC8Q3ATJU0/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-25.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Traditional Pamiri Home and Architecture With Young Girl A young girl sits in her family's home at 3,000 meters elevation in Ravmed Village, GBAO, Tajikistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168217296-9XQ7TMGY9RNKVX4ZR5PF/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-26.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - A Man and His Calf, Ravmed Village, Pamirs, Tajikistan Vafobak pats his calf affectionately as the shadows grow long and the day move towards evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168221552-IQSFO4D3U8A12727D90G/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-27.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Man with Pamiri Rubab, Ravmed Village, Tajikistan A man plays a traditional Pamiri rubab one evening at a homestay in the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168225886-YT2YHTC2VWZKYY8L5XAB/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-28.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Smiling Children of the Pamirs, Ravmed, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168225943-KLA9V3SS9MR7SJL5T7RG/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-29.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - A Brother and Sister Share A Laugh In Front of Their Family's Ho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168234549-ZONOVT67805WPT3WXK94/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-30.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - The Bigger the Smile, The Bumpier the Ride-- En Route to Ravmed Veterinarian Rajabali Muffazar hails from Tajikistan's capital city of Dushanbe. He is on his way up to Ravmed village to carry on research with friend and fellow veterinarian Sulaimon Nazrullozoda as part of a nationwide project that will help residents get a better understanding of what diseases their animals are susceptible to and how to treat them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168242043-N1BM362RPWPJ4TF25Q01/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-31.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Children of Ravmed Village, GBAO Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168241711-MPSMDB2CRHP9J4ETF9BS/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-32.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - School children and Teachers In Front of the Schoolhouse, Ravmed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168252189-LLHSDITQMDIV5OHXHOLX/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-34.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - School teacher On the Way Home From School, Ravmed Village, GBAO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168259825-E33E20Q87NN73586DO5K/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-35.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - A Woman In Her Traditional Pamiri Home, Ravmed Village, GBAO, Ta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168258597-HA83Z6UVPTU9XI4H2CP9/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-36.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - A Woman In Her Family's Traditional Pamiri Home, Ravmed Village, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168263050-36N4EA031N968EC62VLP/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-37.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Traditional Pamiri Home and Architecture With Dinner Set Out For https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168264145-HNZYFOVGNJFQG9NHWEFE/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-38.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - A Woman Carries Water From the Spring to Her Traditional Pamiri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168272089-B62N2WNUBCOCBO60BC6A/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-39.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - All In A Day's Work- A Traveling Veterinarain in Tajikistan Veterinarian Sulaimon Nazrullozoda organizes paperwork at a small homestay in Ravmed Village, high in the Pamirs of Tajikistan. Nazrullozoda is traveling around the country conducting research with friend and fellow veterinarian Rajabali Muffazar as part of a nationwide project that will help residents get a better understanding of what diseases their animals are susceptible to and how to treat them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168274860-AGBYMBYP5EOWI360PEJK/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-40.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Young Girl In Pamiri Home, Ravmed Village, Bhartang Valley, Taji https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168275998-JH4IGLPFAQC7JBT2FD2L/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-41.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Young Boy In Pamiri Home, Ravmed Village, Bhartang Valley, Tajik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168282035-K50LHO20RBDTEL7331A2/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-42.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Two Men On A Mission, GBAO, Bhartang Valley, Tajikistan Veterinarians Sulaimon Nazrullozoda and Rajabali Muffazar stand outside the 4x4 that carries us down the mountain from Ravmed Village and back to the primary Bhartang Valley road which they will take westward and towards their faraway home of Dushanbe, some 20 or so hours drive away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601168281493-V03BJQUNYT84BNZESERE/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Ravmed-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-43.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part II - Truck Drivers on the Pamir Highway South of the Bhartang Valley https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/the-pamiri-people-of-eastern-tajikistan-part-i daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166285935-PIZ1HITNVK4J79B49ZG3/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-1.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Across the Panj River from Afghanistan on the famed Pamir Highway As the Pamir highway winds it way east through Tajikistan towards China, it spends hundreds of miles jogging alongside the border with Afghanistan, which lies just across the Panj River. Sometimes the distance across the river separating the two countries is as little as 50 meters. The region was divided in this manner quite arbitarily when Tajikistan was under Soviet rule, separating families and communities on opposite sides of the river for generations. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/5f6fdb6a485a946f4890c273/5f6fdbaa3a2a3d3970382d95/1601166250626/ The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166280990-1CBVZ9SCFL60PMYCQPUF/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-5.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Boy, Village Khuf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166297626-9KSY7OZ4DG769D2JTL2Y/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-6.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Inside a Traditional Pamiri Home Mother and mother-in-law sit in the central space of a traditional Pamiri Home in Village Khuf, Tajikistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166294133-5022A7ZCRJSAEIRD41XR/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-3.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Stored Goat Meat, Village Khuf Goat meat is stored in an open air pantry in a Pamiri house in Village Khuf, Tajikistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166298224-JWPZ1NT1PDBUPRCM7WOR/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-4.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Grandmother, Village Khuf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166286756-GDZFA3HW4S7W4E6CQCIM/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Tending To the Animals in Upper Khuf Village (Derdhe), Gorno-Bad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166302250-0QH7TSEK0XT1DB3I8ROA/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-7.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Traditional Pamiri Home With View of Skylight Here the traditional architecture of the Pamiri Home can be seen in the ceiling. Four concentric square wooden layers, called 'chorkhona' in the Shughni language (for 'four houses), can be seen at the center of the space. The four layers represent the four elements of earth, water, air and fire, the latter being the highest, which is touched first by the rays of the sun. The opening is called a 'rauzan' or 'roetz.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166315483-BYLOVA03SVJTD8YXLX9N/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-8.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Pamiri House, Village Derdhe (Lowerr Khuf), Gorno-Badakhshan Aut A family's home and land in the lower portion of the village of Khuf stands before giant peaks beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166312918-B32E0AKT8ACDU5JSVQV3/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-9.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Winter Stores in The Pamirs A man stands in front of a small adobe type dwelling with a supply of hay stacked for winter storage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166320035-FWADTPZUF0L7FGJP7GTM/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-10.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Truck Driver, Village Khuf A man on his way down the valley stops for a moment to say hello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166319795-YGQ9PZFPK4C6TYEK71U8/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-11.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Potato Harvest 1, Village Khuf, GBAO, Tajikistan A woman harvests potatoes in the field in front of her home high in the Pamir Mountains, about seven kilometers from the border with Afghanistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166326578-IQMGB6CV8LU1WFW1W1FY/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-12.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Potato Harvest 2, Village Khuf, GBAO, Tajikistan A man harvests potatoes in the field in front of her home high in the Pamir Mountains, about seven kilometers from the border with Afghanistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166326597-OCEXO6O362WKAU9SADYY/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-13.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Potato Harvest 3, Village Khuf, GBAO, Tajikistan A boy harvests potatoes in the field in front of her home high in the Pamir Mountains, about seven kilometers from the border with Afghanistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166329097-AJKNGM3JBWR4F41E847E/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-14.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Potato Harvest 4, Village Khuf, GBAO, Tajikistan A boy harvests potatoes in the field in front of her home high in the Pamir Mountains, about seven kilometers from the border with Afghanistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166330171-1312BALTLVPYR2X441W3/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-15.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Family Potato Harvest, Village Khuf, GBAO, Tajikistan Father, son and a friend from the village take a break from harvesting potatoes in the field to pause for a portrait in front of the family's small adobe style home in the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166335551-UTWWEWH6YIK68YJI7ABX/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-16.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Villagers in Khuf, Along the Pamir Highway, Tajikistan Two men stop to say hello along their way from the Upper Khuf Village of Derdhe to Lower Khuf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166344066-M2XIUHOD5HARUO9PJUTA/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-17.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Mountains Beyond Khuf Village, GBAO, Tajikistan The towering peaks of the Pamir Range fill the landscape above the small village of Khuf along the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166343572-9ULWFSUOJWGPCA91ZFF4/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-18.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Villagers in Khuf, Along the Pamiir Highway, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166350247-UVXT4PT4Y9B0LSU0QW7P/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-19.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - A Boy in Khuf Village, GBAO, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166356228-KH9ISZZ7SRR09SW3U6F9/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-20.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - A Woman Leads A Cow Home in Khuf Village, GBAO, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166355823-ZEW8LP1DWMOZ2XLOE4AQ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-21.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Let Me Show You My Apricot Trees A teacher at the local school in the nearby town of Rushon instructs me to go and visit a nearby house's yard so that I may see-- and create photographs of-- his prized apricot trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166365608-TR2YQ4SLZ78XKL5MVL7E/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-22.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Jagged Peaks of the Pamir Mountain Range, GBAO, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166364389-Q69R77FERSTFHQWZJXGP/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-23.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - New Friends - A Ride Down from Village Khuf With the School Teac I am fortunate enough to stay in the home of one of the villagers in Khuf who happens to teach mathematics at the local school located just down the mountain about a thirty minute drive away. I catch a ride into Rushon with a vehicle full of men who all teach or work at the school in some capacity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166367029-44UZGI3AGRICHELUS931/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-24.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Firuz Homestay Proprietor Mavluda Juareva Sits In the Yard of He One of my favorite people in all of Central Asia, I spent numerous very comfortable days and nights receiving her and her family's hospitality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166372143-348AQKAMGS3SX2HBU87W/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-25.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Grandmother Mavluda of Khidjez Village, Pamirs, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166370951-WEYLB0PHXWQNQNBUNFLB/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-26.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Child, Khidjez Village, Bhartang Valley, Tajikistan Two-plus hours or so drive east from the town of Rushon on the rugged roads of the Bhartang Valley lies the tiny and incredibly charming (and Hobbit-like) village of Khidjez, where crowds of children play daily beneath the shade of tall trees standing over the village spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166383237-JJDWMTZODOM4T07LE68Y/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-27.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Child With Huge Smile, Khidjez Village, Bhartang Valley, Tajikis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166383086-5PZAFHS178H5NHM0ZJD3/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-28.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Meet the Son of the Village Musician in Khidjez, GBAO, Tajikista LIttle do I know when I walk past this man and his mother standing in front of his home in Khidjez that I will soon experience an evening of local traditional music that I will not soon forget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166388889-VDA0NV32FFD1RXGZ3GLA/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-29.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Village Musician of Khidjez, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Pro The village musician of Khidjez begins the evening playing keyboards, inviting me to join along on a drum and in song while the television broadcast a Russian program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166388158-TNB6I2XLGH09INAVA326/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-30.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Village Musician of Khidjez 2, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous P Many traditional instruments are played throughout the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166392079-9UYG5XE578CQJQYSS2VV/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-31.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Village Musician of Khidjez 3, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous P Friends and family also join in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166391711-3X02IUW6UHZUG0F1ZUEX/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-32.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Truck Driver, Bhartang Valley, Pamir Highway, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166398524-FLSVJIXKD5OPVWWO136Z/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-33.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Pamirs of Tajikistan Giant Peaks rise up on both sides of the Bhartang River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166404726-OSC3YRPNKX0HQR3Y7PQ6/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-34.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Car Wash, Bharthang River Valley, GBAO, Tajikistan A man stops to wash his car along the dusty road that runs the length of the remote Bhartang Valley in the Pamir Range of Tajikistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166404497-3VXDSBPWLES4P5A0PTRO/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-35.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - A Giant Above Basid Village, GBAO, Pamirs, Tajikistan A giant peak rises above the village of Basid in the Bhartang Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166406385-YDCZ78TSTBJL4QJXHO2R/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-36.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Walking His Cow A man walks his cow home as evening descends on the village of Basid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166407853-LP59YXREV7LOMF3M2W40/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-37.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Time to Claim the Goats, Tajikistan Village shepherds take all of the village's goat out to pasture during the daytime and bring them back in the evening. Villagers come out en masse to claim their sheep and bring them home for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166417911-DJ89HUWEPLNWUGD3I8GK/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-38.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Goat Claiming Time, Basid Village, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166414100-P565XXQYT9KNLCUEMHZA/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-39.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Boy, Basid Village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166418529-T1WZPLTGDK72K2EVZ23O/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-40.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Women Cooking Dinner Outdoors in Basid - 1, Pamirs, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166423435-0Z17U6JM3OW3GPQ29PAJ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-41.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Women Cooking Dinner Outdoors in Basid - 2, Pamirs, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166422279-D00CYUA5B1QS7TN456EF/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-42.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Women Cooking Dinner Outdoors in Basid - 3, Pamirs, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166424499-7Z889STB47ULB189ZAB3/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-43.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Women Cooking Dinner Outdoors in Basid - 4, Pamirs, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166432229-JXH2KM2ZFZN9VUJJ3BHD/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-44.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Women Cooking Dinner Outdoors in Basid - 5, Pamirs, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166429898-LRIWJVYPQS7FYR3FC97A/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-45.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Traditional Pamiri Home Architecture and Skylight Four concentric square wooden layers, called 'chorkhona' in the Shughni language (for 'four houses), make up the center of the roof. The four layers represent the four elements of earth, water, air and fire, the latter being the highest, which is touched first by the rays of the sun. The opening is called 'rauzan'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166435409-VLTWX9PSDFWWIAUWW7VE/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-46.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Pamir Mountains of Eastern Tajikistan Peaks rise up to touch the sky on the trail between Basid and Devlok villages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166446210-OVO00XL2IHT63O6LLXEK/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-47.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Sleeping Giant of Devlok Village A huge peak rises up above the tiny village (less than 10 families) of Devlok. Devlok was founded by 10 families in the mid-90's after the Tajik Civil War and has its own hydor-electirc power station that was built by the villagers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166443180-LTE1RQS1GD1OQYG9YES7/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-48.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - A Woodsman Descends From Devlok Village, Bhartang Valley, Tajiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166455109-JPA7NMBFTSISH42RWT9I/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-49.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Tea With Sultan in the Pamirs My host in Devlok Village in the Bhartang Valley of Tajikistan, Sultan educates me about the history of the region, speaking Englsih to me that he learned decades ago out of an elementary level textbook. He offers me to stay as long as I like in his incredible home that he has built himself and that is visible in images to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166452191-RF8HMNVRIMJAGHPIVHGJ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-50.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Farmer in Devlok Village, GBAO, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166455105-FVK6YWGIJPRWG0BV8KIJ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-51.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Villager in Devlok, Bhartang Valley, Pamirs, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166469445-586NV3AOD613PI6C7TSA/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-52.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Tajik Hospitality in Devlok, GBAO, Tajikistan Tea is spread out for me in my lodging for the night in Sultan's home at 3,000 meters elevation. Fresh steamed goats milk accompanies tea and coffee, fresh baked bread, butter, and eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166461251-7CCLL9UC2TXG320JDF6R/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-53.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Pamiri Homestead of Sultan in Devlok Village, GBAO, Tajikist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166469165-S081BKGFWC25USCTWPNP/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-54.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - In the Midst of A Day's Work High in The Pamirs of Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166480680-FL02ZA0GG1NGSSX4J3DW/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-55.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - A Man and His Castle - 1, Devlok Village, GBAO, Tajikistan No roads lead to Devlok and Sultan makes the five or so km trip down to the small village of Basid with his donkey 'whenever he needs supplies,' which appears to be every several weeks or so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166478112-PUKLJHG6UKOYJNHEN07F/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-56.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - A Man and His Castle - 2, Devlok Village, GBAO, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166486324-XRM3SN05UOSDDEN6FUUJ/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-57.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Lunch is Served at 3,000 Meters High in the Pamirs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166485111-MRUDDVFEJCZL2GMDSW43/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-58.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - The Peaks Above Devlok Village, GBAO, Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166490787-6GLDPJ3OC4NN9K63M3LH/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-59.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Winter Stores in The Pamirs - 2 Hay is stacked for winter storage in the tiny village of Jizef high in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. Jizef is a couple hour hike off the principal road that runs along the floor of the Bhartang River Valley. No roads lead to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1601166490560-ASGCKGIGYKCHKJBWPN2W/The-Pamiri-People-of-Gorno-Badakhshan-Tajikistan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-60.jpg The Pamiri People of Eastern Tajikistan - Part I - Tea is Served At A Small Homestay in Jizef Village Up From the B Tajik hospitality is tremendous, as can be seen here. https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/kyrgyzstan-from-osh-to-bishkek daily 0.75 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198364394-EPS4T07CB7NA2IO55HBE/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-1.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Kyrgyz Man Wearing a Traditional Kalpak Hat, Osh Central Park, K https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198366139-5I4Z140GPW3VG57LVWW5/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Kyrgyz Man Wearing a Traditional Kalpak Hat, Osh Central Park, K https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198367025-X87L8E5LIFB280SJNR86/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-3.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Kyrgyz Man Wearing a Traditional Kalpak Hat, Osh Central Park, K https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198369565-DWIT9A5JRBTU59TVJ15L/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-4.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Kyrgyz Men Share A Crowded Bench In Osh's Central Park, Southern Kyrgyzstan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198369412-MT5N56DUTLWR0GTJNV6L/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-5.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Woman In Downtown Osh Kyrgyzstan Many people wore masks in Central Asia long before COVID-19 because of pollution in the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198380521-C8UGPSCB19IHK8QTXVYU/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-6.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Kyrgyz Teenagers Dressed Up On Halloween in Osh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198378058-4RSSL7E5A2V79WTXREOH/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-7.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - End Of Bazaar, Taghazout, KZ It's closing time at the central bazaar in the small city of Taghazout in Southern Kyrgyzstan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198383610-5MDSGSRD5UT3THD0YCHV/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-8.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Men at The Taghazout Bazaar, Southern Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198383459-3PQ2ON1M4VNTEXCQ0RNP/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-9.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - The Smile Of A Taghazout Homestay Proprietor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198394016-XZV5IRMRIBA4KZMAI899/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-10.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Woman Selling Produce, Taghazout Market, Kygryzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198397263-EU5V8C8533Q39E68MEIE/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-11.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Smiling Man, Bishkek Bazaar, Kyrgyzstan A man takes a break from rolling tobacco at his market stall to engage for a photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198396831-YBHK5T8TJ0QWQGDEFZBA/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-12.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Lepyoshka Bread Stall, Bishkek Bazaar, Kyrgyzstan A woman nods off at her market stall where she sells a popular bread that is actually borrowed from Uzbekistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198406420-48P17PRL5D9KFG5VDD8O/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-13.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - In The Bishkek Central Bazaar A woman talks on her cell phone from behind her vending stall in a market that appears in great contrast to the technological device she holds in her hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198409154-TAPI3KN6NDYTW9P3BO51/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-14.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Aisha Mambetalieva of Eco and Cultural Tour Outfit Kyrgyzstan To Aisha and her business partner Myrzabek Ozubekov introduce visitors to an authentic experience of Kyrgyz culture while providing sustainable income for rural communities that supports their way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198412651-QR8VXXQN2VY0Y5TBPY2U/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-15.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Myrzabek Ozubekov of Eco and Cultural Tour Outfit Kyrgyzstan Tou Ozubekov and his business partner Aisha Mambetalieva introduce visitors to an authentic experience of Kyrgyz culture while providing sustainable income for rural communities that supports their way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198412386-998N4FFSOAP5BALDWI00/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-16.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Rush Hour Traffic, Southern Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198427209-CVMSYURBBH23TH3MJO9I/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-17.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Mother and Son On a Water Run, Sary-Tash, Southern Kyrgyzstan The small village of Sary-Tash sits at 3150 meters (10,335 feet) abobe sea level and is the southernmost settlement in Kyrgtyzstan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198423761-YOKLEB6OFBOWVJF5C91Y/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-18.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Girls at Dusk in Sary-Tash, Southern Kyrgyzstan Sary-Tash sits just 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of China and although it has a very small population and only one petrol station, it is a major road junction connecting Kyrgyzstan, China and Tajikistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198428218-MYM12RDV6SKIVI0M0FEY/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-19.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Peaks Rise Above Sary-Tash, Southern Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198441274-6AOAMYJE65Y9F2SA9HTD/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-20.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Lodge Maintenance at Kok-Archa Guest House Kilem works on his family's land at their guest house in Tar-Suu gorge Chon, Kemin, Kyrgzystan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198438138-LSQPJO1BFIF631UYKPJE/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-21.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Guest House Proprietor Uzur Beck of Kok-Archa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198440773-EA73CGXLVCWPR649Q16G/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-22.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Guest House Proprietor Tatu of Kok-Archa, wife of Uzur Beck The family used to live in the village some kilometers below where they were farmers. They built the guest lodge themselves over a period of several years and host people here from all over the world.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198449228-56XCTLOTNP4TS7SP3TXI/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-23.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Horses At Kok-Archa Horseback riding is one of the amenities at Kok-Archa and guests are free to take the horses out on their own without a guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198444270-RIIBJY14OC2288DIRFFJ/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-24.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Catching A Ride Down the Mountain With Uzur Beck Uzur Beck's car has no passenger seat, which makes it very easy to climb into the backseat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198453637-AOGTUDNXZI0G0NHJWW9N/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-25.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Kyrgyz Cemetary Near Issuk-Kul Lake, Eastern Kyrgyzstan Due to religious traditions of the region, most Kyrgyz do not bury their dead, which makes such cemetaries a particularly interesting sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198463015-QANT6N09X06CS90CDYBC/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-26.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Family Yurt Building Near Issyk-Kul Lake, Eastern Kyrgyzstan - 1 A family puts up another yurt at their yurt camp where they host travelers to the region, providing meals and lodging in a beautiful mountain setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198460644-ZAXWM3HGZ4B5S2HDQ1XU/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-27.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Family Yurt Building Near Issyk-Kul Lake, Eastern Kyrgyzstan - 2 A boy sits in front of a yurt frame and canvas in the process of being put up by other members of his family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198463309-0MIXQJ7CD8ESKRKTOLMW/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-28.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Boys on Horses, Eastern Kyrgyzstan Horses have been an integral part of the culture in Kyrgyzstan for 4,000 years and children learn to ride [on donkeys] shortly after they can walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198466831-BR30GU3M31ICDBG78A7A/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-29.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Smile A Shy Smile From Ton Village Guest House Proprietor Jedega https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198466713-VPDXRL41JHXOATYCO17R/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-30.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Kyrgyz Hospitality Looks LIke This Bektur Isen Uulu of Ton Village Guest House, Southern Shore of Issyk-Kul Lake, Eastern Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198490609-9S6GCCSKOEY4CNUGL4Y1/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-31.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Approaching The Valley of Altyn-Arashan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198480533-U9YILPOIEWQ2I708DP5M/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-32.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Horse Guide, Altyn-Arashan, Eastern Kyrgyzstan - 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198489214-JW7K8OEYFYIRSQ6HBK4E/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-33.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Horse Guide, Altyn-Arashan, Eastern Kyrgyzstan - 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198494866-TJRAVNCCTU3UWT2OSL1R/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-34.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Yurt Camp at Altyn-Arashan, Eastern Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198494652-ZT5K6UCSW6UNZKVGDTNR/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-35.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - A Wamr Smile At the Canteen A teenage girl tends a small canteen-style shop in the Valley of Altyn-Arashan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602198499172-ZTG7E70S1780HAKOPYIM/A_Tour_Of_Kyrgyzstan-%C2%A9-2019-The_Humans_Being_Project-36.jpg Kyrgyzstan - From Osh to Bishkek - Hot Srpings Cabins, Altyn-Arashan, Eastern Kyrgyzstan https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/kyrgystan-yurt-and-horse-culture-on-song-kul-lake daily 0.75 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196666064-AXRCK6068JCD7L8BBFSP/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-1.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - A Sea of Stars: Yurt Camp at Song Kul Lake Stars shine bright above a yurt camp on Song Kul Lake in Central Kyrgyzstan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196659809-1AJIUUQ7O7GV5S2FRV1L/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-2.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Woman Tending Her Cows At Dusk, Kyrgyzstan Song Kul Lake Region, Central Kyrgyzstan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196665732-3CL0TWZNC9DCILJ815PR/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-3.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Burulcha Looks Up From Tending to Her Cows As Night Descends The proprietor of a small homestay in the Song Kul Lake Region takes pause from tending to her animals to offer a warm smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196672462-38SKTYVD5PU5J5YP8TET/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-4.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Kyrgyz Boy, Song Kul Lake Region, Kyrgyzstan Achil, the grandson of Burulcha, stands outside his yurt in the gathering twilight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196670951-FLWLMSCY32X4RKM6WNR3/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-5.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Yurts at Sunset In the Song Kul Lakes Region of Kyrgyzstan Yurts are a way of life in Kyrgyzstan with a long and rich history seeped in tradition. Today, many families move up to wild, natural places during the summertime from their homes in villages to put up yurt camps that host travelers to the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196685434-QJ66L9GNJH4J013RQPQR/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-6.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Boy At Doorway To Yurt, Central Kyrgyzstan. Achil stands in the doorway to the dining yurt of his grandmother's small, three yurt camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196675609-M5C9QRCIQMOMUZ49QLQ3/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-7.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - A Shepherd's Laughter, Kyrgyzstan A mountain shepherd in the Song Kul Lake Region offers wild laughter from his horseback mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196685330-LS2SP1YWNL7JJASFK1BZ/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-8.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - The Glory of Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan Song Kul Lake is Kyrgyzstan's largest freshwater lake and has an area of 270 square kilometers (167.8 miles). It sits at 3016 meters (9895 feet) elevation. Multi-day travel to the lake by horses is customary in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196690805-83BZHPPZGXE3AU8NSWB7/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-9.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Mother and Daughter and Yurts, Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan Rakmina and her mother stand in front of three of the yurts in their family's yurt camp on the shores of Song Kul Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196688936-742XMAFRCPG0RYFSHH6I/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-10.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Rakmina, Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196691317-5D5XQYRQVOCDU2DJG0Q7/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-11.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Horses Graze at Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196703031-IFUG13U416DQFNK42RD2/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-12.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Horse Guide, Song Kul Lake Region, Central Kyrgyzstan A horse guide stands on the broad plane beside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196700581-UXVT3WHJ7T58ZH3BTUJE/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-13.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Yurts On the Shore of Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan Numerous family operated yurt camps are dotted along the lakes shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196706720-FAU3JTO790GOMMM0QR1Z/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-14.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Horse Guide and Yurt, Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196713298-MQKRIFPII1VA4H9CIGWR/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-15.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - 'Dead Goat Polo' Game, Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan - 1 A mixed group of locals and travelers play 'Kok Boru,' the National Sport of Kyrgyzstan. Teams of horse-mounted players do their best to cross the opposing team's goal line with the carcass of a dead goat or calf carcass, although when played casually (not in a tournament) as in this instance, a tanned goat or sheep skin is used in place of a carcass. Things get very physical as players move in on whomever is carrying the carcass towards a goal line. Violent rugby-like tugging, pushing, and jostling take place as attempts are made to pry the carcass [or skin] away from whomever has it on their way towards the goal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196717076-6XNRFAPNUWKARDLWK8WW/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-16.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - 'Dead Goat Polo' Game, Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan - 2 A mixed group of locals and travelers play 'Kok Boru,' the National Sport of Kyrgyzstan. Teams of horse-mounted players do their best to cross the opposing team's goal line with the carcass of a dead goat or calf carcass, although when played casually (not in a tournament) as in this instance, a tanned goat or sheep skin is used in place of a carcass. Things get very physical as players move in on whomever is carrying the carcass towards a goal line. Violent rugby-like tugging, pushing, and jostling take place as attempts are made to pry the carcass [or skin] away from whomever has it on their way towards the goal.,' the National Sport of Kyrgyzstan. Teams of horse-mounted players do their best to cross the opposing team's goal line with the carcass of a dead goat or calf carcass, although when played casually (and not in a tournament) as in this instance, a tanned goat or sheep skin is used in place of a carcass. Things get very physical as players move in on whomever is carrying the carcass towards a goal line. Violent rugby-like tugging, pushing, and jostling take place as attempts are made to pry the carcass [or skin] away from whomever has it on their way towards the goal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196715880-H62X7YIOVSNYHZNERZOU/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-17.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Breakfast, Dining Yurt, Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan Travelers and guests of the yurt camp eat a grand feast of a breakfast at a yurt camp on the shores of Song Kul Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196722442-U3FFYNQB4QAHHWC1OOL8/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-18.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Young Girl Emergers From Her Family's Yurt, Song Kul Lake, Kyrgy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196718889-8ZEOVJ3ED1MLM26JN27E/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-19.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Sunset On the Shores of Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan While most travel to the lake is done on horseback, some guides and families use automobiles to shuttle both supplies and visitors to and from the nearest towns, typically some 25 to 35 kilometers (15.5 to 21.8 miles) away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196727822-Y0T17VGDUR8KAUAIVHBU/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-20.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Dinnertime, Traditional Kyrgyz Yurt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196734153-2S3PWFJZ9XQUGVJBXFTT/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-21.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - A Family Homestead, Kyrgyzstan This setup on the shores of Song Kul Lake serves as home to a family for the warmer months of summer. As the weather grows cold they will return to their house in a town, not far from the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196732228-GNJSX8MWZP0IIV6VQM5S/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-22.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Boy Shepherd, Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz people have been breeding horses for 4,000 years and they are a way of life here. Children are taught to sit in the saddle before they can walk and typically learn to ride on donkeys first. This boy is all alone on the vast plane beside the lake with a herd of approximately 200 animals in his keep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196738777-ZIZ5BNFHMNTXRRCCLT8B/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-23.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - A Shepherd And His Flock Below the Songköl Too Mountain Range The young shepherd rides off to tend to his flock as the giant peaks of the Songköl Too Range can be seen rising aboveSong Kul Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196740991-BU0H2A13VED8K6QPLTBU/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-24.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Kyrygz Hospitality at Song Kul Lake A woman prepares lunch inside a dedicated kitchen yurt as a rainstorm rages outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196746918-GNGMDTRZS5CWWSNGD58E/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-25.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Yurt Skylight, Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan Used as portable dwelilngs for thousands of years in this part of the world, every aspect of a Kyrgyz yurt holds some deeper significance. The tunduk a circle with two sets of three to four beams running across it, represents home and family unity, and also makes up the central image of the flag of Kyrgyzstan. The ring serves as a skylight and opens onto the sun and stars when the cover is pulled back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196746574-K2JD0W33DGTVRUVFSDKB/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-26.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Playing a Kamuz, Song Kul Lake My host for lunch plays traditional music on a small three stringed kamuz. Like many Kyrgyz songs played on the instrument, the rhyythm pattern he plays mimics the trotting of horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196754898-GZSNUI1BW6QA7F5Y7L2A/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-27.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Traditional Kyrgyz Kamuz Instruments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196759137-8HYXFDFU7EWB4G2UPKD2/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-28.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - The Love of Family in Kyrgyzstan Mother and child share a warm embrace in front of one of their yurts on Song Kul Lake, Central Kyrgyzstan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196758887-K9OR8JW78OYUJYN5ANLX/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-29.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Man, Horse and Sheep, Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196768453-NAJ3H6WVCDQUDHO26RP3/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-30.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Kyrgyz Hospitality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1602196770402-OI192HY86JP4FNR8FNDD/People-of-the-Song-Kul-Lake-Region-%C2%A9-2019-The-Humans-Being-Project-31.jpg Kyrgystan - Yurt and Horse Culture On Song Kul Lake - Kyrgyz Cemetary, Central Kyrgyzstan https://www.thehumansbeingproject.org/women-of-crested-butte-gallery-bts daily 0.75 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591890937-B4KBWSUFET8SFKQDVGHT/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704592093684-Y2PQDPSL5V4VERZWX8SD/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-40.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-40.jpg Bobby Pogoloff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591885174-117K5U5UQK9ARTO2MPSR/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-1.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-1.jpg Project collaborator, participant, and photo assistant Shannon Mujica holds a color checker card for a white balance measurement on location, pre-sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591890937-B4KBWSUFET8SFKQDVGHT/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-2.jpg Project participant Carrie Chernoff and project intern and photo assistant Tomah Whitney, at left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591896823-HVXJ34W5N639DT9FAIVD/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-3.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-3.jpg Andrea Shultz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704596593081-UIIPQTBR22ISLXFQB4TL/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-43.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-3A.jpg Project collaborator, participant, and photo assistant Katie ‘Joy’ Folz holds grey cards for a white balance measurement on location at the Petito Clan shoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591901697-GCXRHX1N61RPYWEHX38Z/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-4.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-4.jpg Shannon Mujica and Trudy Yaklich, pre-sunrise in front of the barn where Trudy’s mother used to pick up milk to take around town and sell to the miners when she was nine-years-old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591906418-J3A583A91PQ5FFIZCU1Z/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-5.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-5.jpg Courtney Burton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591910627-I5JHKVH00J9AWNND1N7P/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-6.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-6.jpg Stephanie Prater and I receive photo assistance help for her shoot from fellow project participant Wendy Fisher at left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591915456-3DGQUGVG2Y0XSPCT2IDI/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-7.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-7.jpg Jordan O’Neill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591919838-ED7VMZ07WFGI16M1TV5G/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-8.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-8.jpg Chloe Nicole Bowman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591925332-4SPAUPOHODMTWTR1WN8O/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-9.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-9.jpg Michelle ‘Lipstick’ English https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591929325-IM2GE6WTVJ7VDU60KP8P/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-10.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-10.jpg Lydia Stern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591933687-JHDQ3PPY4BSF3QP4VD5L/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-11.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-11.jpg Kyleena Falzone with Shannon Mujica at right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591938742-247C65DIHCU3QFP1WYBU/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-12.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-12.jpg Sandy Cornter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591943477-3RBPOQI8WYD87JL7AQYC/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-13.jpg GALLERY - BTS ON WOMEN OF CB - Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-©-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-13.jpg The Petitio Clan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8eba949b7d157921bba3e4/1704591948068-WWWSO40NKOVIZO3145G8/Women_of_Crested_Butte_Project-BTS-%C2%A9-Merrick_Chase_and_The_Humans_Being_Project-14.jpg GALLERY - 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