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Barskoon Village, Kyrgyzstan 2012 My friend, Torie, was keen to learn all she could about yurts and so we visited this family. Osmanaliev Mekenbek, sitting at the head of the table, is the premier yurt builder in Kyrgyzstan and maybe … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 An isolated farm near Lake Issyk Kul. Although the poplar trees still had leaves, it was beginning to snow. A few days later, the sun returned and the trees and roses seemed no worse for the cold snap.
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Kyrgyzstan 2012: Barskoon village Torie and I visited the master yurt maker of Kyrgyzstan. Torie was planning to write a magazine article on him and she was a frenzy of note taking and photo shooting. I wasn’t as interested. It was high … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 Torie loved these little trailer like houses. We’d see them sitting forlornly in the middle of an empty prairie or next to a railroad track. They looked, to me, to be an old railroad car with the wheels … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2013, a small village on the shores of Issyk Kul Lake Torie and I relaxed after a day of shooting by going out before dinner and before breakfast to shoot some ‘local color’. You could call us photo optimists…Ha! (as … Continue reading
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I photographed quite a few petrographs on my Southwest journey. I got the idea to show both an Anasazi petrograph and one from Kyrgyzstan. The Anasazi petrograph, seen on the top photo, was scratched onto sandstone and almost looks painted. It was nearly invisible, but I brought … Continue reading
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Issyk Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan 2012 Sometimes I have no story about the photos I show you. I’ll show you several photos to make up for the lack of a story. We saw this man when we stopped for gas. He … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 These shots were taken from the backseat of our van as we drove the empty roads of Kyrgyzstan. Normally I wouldn’t shoot through a window. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a good shot that way, unless the … Continue reading
Kyrgyzstan 2012 The Burana tower isn’t as tall as it was back in the day, but it was tall enough for Torie and me to refuse to climb to the top. I’m not keen on narrow winding stairs going up … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 These statues once guarded the grave sites of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia. Here, near the Burana Tower, they have been collected and arranged as part of a museum. They are said to depict men although I couldn’t tell that … Continue reading
