The photographer has traveled to remote areas of Siberia make for unique portraits
Usually people brought from travel photos attractions and of course myself on their background. But Yakut photographer Alexander Chymosin in their travels, making portraits of other people. From my trips to the world traveler is back with a baggage of experiences and collections of photos of the locals, often in traditional dress.
Photos of Alexander Himushina special, because he makes them not just "for me", but in order to preserve for posterity what may soon disappear, that is, national clothes and traditions of small Nations. Your large-scale project, which is already more than one year, the master called the "World of persons".
Recent work Himushina made in remote parts of Siberia and is a real treasure trove of information about the people, about whose existence I do not even know many Russians. Some of them are on the verge of extinction, so to preserve information about them, especially visual, is very important.
We offer you with 17 works of Alexander Himushina made during his journey from the Urals to Kamchatka, which lasted six months.
Orok is a small nation with Tungusic roots.
Enets — the people who inhabit remote areas of the North of Krasnoyarsk territory. There were slightly more than 200 people.
Soyots are the indigenous population of the Eastern Sayan mountains. Nowadays they are referring to the subethnos as part of the Buryat people.
The Nivkh inhabit separate areas of the Amur region and Sakhalin island. The people still live very isolated, so have retained their identity.
The Nanai are an indigenous population of the Far East. This nation, as hundreds of years ago, lived by hunting, fishing and agriculture.
The inhabitants of the coast of the Arctic ocean Nenets, according to Alexander Himushina, the most hospitable and peace and the people.
They are struggling to preserve their identity, including their traditional pagan beliefs.
Khanty look petite and fragile, but the harsh conditions of life allow us to consider them the most courageous Siberians.
The Yakuts inhabit the coldest region of Russia. They are perfectly adapted to the farming in extreme conditions and maintain their ancient traditions.
Khakas people is an ancient Turkic people who kept their beliefs to nature.
Buryats are indigenous population of Eastern Siberia. This people since ancient times lived on the shores of lake Baikal, the North professes special for Buddhism.
Orochi, living in the Primorsky Krai, today is very close to complete extinction. They have no more than 700.
The Yukaghirs are considered the most ancient Siberian people. They live on their land for 9 thousand years.
The Nganasans is another Northern people, which are threatened with extinction. This population of the Taimyr Peninsula, still adhering to its complex animalistic religion.
Ulchi is the common name for a number of tribes inhabiting the Amur region. The culture of this nation when it was formed under the influence of different outside influences and factors, but is now seen as absolutely unique.
The Dolgans are a Turkic population of the Taimyr Peninsula. It is believed that this nation experienced the greatest urbanization and quickly loses its identity.
The inhabitants of the Ussuri region Udege since ancient times believe that their ancestors were tigers.
The project of Alexander Himushina very similar to the work of American photographer Craig Varjabedian (Craig Varjabedian). Craig travels across the United States reserves, and photographs of Indians in their national costumes.
Keywords: Master of photography | Reindeer | Tribe | Traveller | Siberia | Ethnic group