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Kitshiq Aq Jyrga

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I was riding a horse, trying not to get my teeth knocked out. Whip in mouth, a Kyrgyz man steers his horse in a game of buzkashi, a competition akin to polo—except a headless goat carcass takes the place of the ball. Buzkashi is the Afghan national sport. The Kyrgyz call it ulak tartysh, or “kid grabbing.”

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Background

During my fifth expedition to Afghanistan’s Pamir mountains, on assignment photographing the isolated nomadic Kyrgyz community, for a National Geographic magazine feature story titled “Stranded on the Roof of the World” (February 2013). Shot in summer 2012.

Print Details

Format: Archival print, printed with pigment ink on acid free Hahnemühle paper.

Unlimited Edition

Shipped with Certificate of Authenticity

Image Size: 30 cm x 42 cm

Print is sold unmounted

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Shipping

This print will be printed to order and will usually ship within 2 days of receipt of payment.

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