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Novastan photo contest 2024 #7
‘At an impressive altitude of 4,020 meters, these kids are playing ‘kids-buzkashi’ in the remote village of Karakul, situated along the legendary Pamir Highway. This high-altitude community is inhabited predominantly… [...]
Novastan photo contest 2024 #6
‘At my guide and friend Turat’s house, on the outskirts of Min-Kush, in Naryn. Here, he is playing with his kids before saying goodbye to them for a few days,… [...]
Novastan photo contest 2024 #5
‘In good company in the Tschiltan valley, Rushan region, Tajikistan.’ Credits : Sebile Yapıcı (@pao_de_vida) Find all of our photos of the day. You… [...]
Novastan photo contest 2024 #4
“The nomads, who live on the shores of Lake Son Kul from May to September, are beginning to prepare for the cold winter ahead. They dismantle their yurt camps and… [...]
Novastan photo contest 2024 #3
“In a micro district of Bishkek, a little girl plays at flying in front of the scenery of a bygone era”. Credits : Marylise Vigneau (@marylisevigneau, France) Find… [...]
Novastan photo contest 2024 #2
‘The fields around Kyzart, in Kyrgyzstan, offer a bucolic setting where children play in perfect harmony with nature. The boys, who ride with the ease and abandon that comes from… [...]
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Novastan photo contest 2024 #1
‘In the semi-abandoned sanatorium of Jeti Ögüz, I wandered among ruined Soviet structures, slowly being reclaimed by nature. The place seemed forgotten until I came across a small teahouse with… [...]
Flight over Almaty
A plane appears to be flying over the Hotel Kazakhstan in Almaty. This building, built in 1977 and capable of withstanding an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter… [...]
Lake Song-Köl
In Kyrgyzstan, Mambeth, a young shepherd, watches the herds graze in the distance. His yurt camp is ideally located above Lake Song-Köl on good grassland. Lake Song-Köl lies… [...]
Under the rainbow
A rainbow stretches over the mountains of the Köl-Suu yurt camp in Kyrgyzstan. In many cultures, the rainbow is interpreted as a bridge between two dimensions, terrestrial and… [...]
