The long-term project of a photographer Carolyn Drake is devoted to nature, politics, culture and changes. Since 2007 Carolina visited five former republics of the Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 15 times. During the visit to the Central Asia she wanted to learn, how life and culture of Moslems were affected by the Soviet Union and how they have changed after its disintegration.
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An irrigation canal near the border between Uzbekistan and Kirghizia. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
Spring in the Suusamyr valley, northwest of Kirghizia. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
Cherry picking along the Surhob River, Tajikistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
A house in the Kara Kum desert, Turkmenistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
A reservoir above the Nurek dam, Tajikistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
Poachers crossing the channel separating the Uzbek and Kirghiz sides. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
A restaurant in Kokand, Uzbekistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
The main pool of “Garam Chashma” – the sanatorium of the former USSR in the Pamirs Mountains, Tajikistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
A cotton picker, the Aral Sea, Uzbekistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
Views of Khojend from “Leninabad” hotel, Tajikistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
A mountain stream near «Garam Chashma» sanatorium. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
The Darvaz gas crater, Turkmenistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
A Kirghiz truck driver, near the Chinese border. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
Schoolchildren collecting cotton, Kazakhstan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
The Syr Darya River, Uzbekistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
Dried-up delta of the Amu Darya Rriver. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
An Uzbek woman who’s family professes shariah laws. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
A new fountain in Ashkhabad, the capital of Turkmenistan . (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
Two sisters are going to bathe in a pond, Tajikistan. (Carolyn Drake/Panos Pictures and prospekt)
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Neat stuff!
Picture 8 is proof that Elvis Presley is still alive.
good photography
Where are the pictures of the two sisters bathing in a pond?
great quality pictures. thanks.
Beautiful photo essay. I was so happy to find a picture of that reservoir in the mountains of Tajikistan. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been and I lost all my photos of it.