Russian photographer Alexander Khimushin has garnered global attention for his inspired photography while documenting peoples of different cultures around the world. His interest in the indigenous peoples of Siberia, in particular, has for years kept him exploring that extreme, unforgiving region. His stated mission has been to capture the faces of those last vestiges of ancient culture. Traveling the world for the past nine years, Khimushin has photographed disappearing cultures in 86 different countries. His most recent sojourn in 2020 took him some 30,000 miles alone across the Siberian landscape, tracking down and documenting its indigenous peoples. “My life is my travels, or better, wanderings, since I spend most of the time on the road,” Khimushin told SBS Russian. “It took years of travel to realize that not the new places but the people left the biggest impressions and shaped me as a person.” Over 40 indigenous groups exist between eastern …
Photographer Treks Over 40,000 Miles Across Siberia Capturing Faces of Vanishing Ancient Cultures
February 5, 2021
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