Day 25~ June 25th~ Xinjiang

in the alley

For these children their alley will soon become a distant memory…

We often go back to the places where we grew up and most of us find ourselves surprised at how much smaller they look, how much our imagination added to them over the years, how developed they look or how abandoned. For the children of Kashgar, they will come back to find nothing of the old. The city is under demolition and their homes will soon be gone with no trace of them ever having existed. I feel so lucky to have been one of the photographers who captured a slice of this beautiful old culture before it gets forced to metamorphose completely into something else, somewhere else.

photo taken: children playing in an old Kashgar city alley~ Xinjiang


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5 responses to “Day 25~ June 25th~ Xinjiang”

  1. Your description of your photos are just as powerful as the picture itself. I’m so happy for you to capture these memories via pics as well and sharing them with the world. Thank you <3

  2. Mimo why are they knocking the city down and where is everyone going?

  3. Another great shot and another great bur sad story.

  4. With a focus like that, The blurry background astounds me.

  5. Toujours aussi splendide!

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