Tajikistan Archives

Novastan photo contest 2024 : the results

And the winner is … Kyrgyzstan! This is the main winner of our photo competition, whose theme ‘Frame the Joy’ proved to be a real challenge for the participants. It… [...]

An elderly lady in her small bakery in Panjakent (панчакент), Tajikistan.

Novastan photo contest 2024 #8

‘Walking past a small bakery in Panjakent (панчакент), Tajikistan, a lovely elderly lady beckoned me in and asked me to take her picture, which absolutely made my day and allowed… [...]

Little girls playing 'kids-buzkashi' in the remote village of Karakul, situated along the Pamir Highway, Tadjikistan.

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 #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. [...]

Maqsud

‘The man in the photo is Maqsud, a Tajik shepherd who lives with his family during the summer near the Kukjar Pass, a remote region of Gorno-Badakhshan. Next to… [...]

Caught !

Two Afghan children are seen enjoying an ice cream at the Shohun cross-border market in the Panj river valley, in Tajikistan. Credits : Simone Bergonzi (@simobergz, Italie) Find… [...]

Chaihona Rohat

Tajik men enjoy a meal at Chaihona Rohat, an iconic teahouse on Dushanbe‘s Rudaki Avenue. A Soviet-era rendition of a traditional Tajik design, Rohat was saved from demolition… [...]

Alexsander’s lake

View of turquoise-blue Lake Iskanderkul in western Tajikistan. Legend has it that Alexander the Great’s horse drowned here. However, it could not have been Bucephalus, Alexander’s famous horse, which… [...]

Tadjikistan Danghara sunny street view with umbrella

The umbrella

A woman shields herself from the intense summer sun in Danghara, southern Tajikistan. The Khatlon region, where Danghara is located, rarely sees foreign visitors, and the locals insist… [...]

young woman in traditional dress Dushanbe Tajikistan

Nostalgia

“In Central Asia, almost everyone has old photos of their mother in retro Atlas dresses, and I wanted to transpose this aesthetic to our own time” says Umed Mardonov, a… [...]