Koryak Reindeer Herder
Indigenous to the Northern Kamchatka Peninsular the Koryak’s nomadic lifestyle remains unchanged for centuries. These tough people are very hard to find as they have no modern means of communication and are constantly on the move. There are no roads in the area and it is only this time of the year that they bring their herds to the coast. The reindeer crave salt which they get from drinking sea water and eating sea weed. Hence, there is a small window of opportunity to find them by plying the coastline of northern Siberia in the late Summer.
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Kim Roper
What a great portrait, a wonderful capture and processing!
Steve Bulford
This is really great, love it!
underdoc
Hey Steve. These people have nothing but were happy to share. They killed a reindeer and presented it as a gift. When asked if there was anything they needed they replied “Toothbrushes.” We were able to round up 5 unused toothbrushes. One for each.
velveteagle
Fantastic job.. Perfect portrait work..
NATURELENS
Oustanding…...straight into my faves
Robert Mullner
Crikey..they are some wrinkles..!!..Awesome work Graham…love the tones..
mikepaulhamus
unbelievable capture, I’m sure most people are unaware that there are people who survive like this. wow ! eye opener !
underdoc
Hey Rob. I don’t think he is all that old either. I visited a museum in Petropavlovsk and they had a mannequin dressed in traditional Koryak dress. Not only was it exactly the same as what this guy was wearing it looked just like him.
Ooderworld
Brilliant processing. Nice work!
doorfrontphotos
When I first saw this I couldn’t help but think of how soft and easy our life is in general, I mean most of us couldn’t survive in his environment. Very rugged individual to survive in this environment and lifestyle, truly amazing capture!!
Alessandro Pinto
Fantastic subject.. for a great shot !
prbimages
Wonderful image … and it’s great to be able to learn something from your descriptions as well. Thanks!
Jeff Catford
This a stunning image.
It’s like looking back in time… several thousand years back!
Thank you.
Peter Zentjens
Striking portrait
NewAgeVisionz
Seriously fantastic capture, excellent treatment as well…
Mark Peterson
Excellent!
Anastasiia Kuc...
amazing capture!