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What is modern living like for people in the Arctic Circle? These native artists will show you. It didn't take long for Khadry Okotetto to realize he wasn't cut out for a life in finance.

What is modern living like for people in the Arctic Circle? These native artists will show you.

Born in the remote Siberian tundra, far beyond villages and roads, Khadry didn't learn Russian until he was sent off to boarding school at age 7. His native tongue is that of the Nenets, one of the many indigenous peoples of the Arctic Circle — and barring a brief moment (which now makes him laugh) when he studied banking in college, Khadry has dedicated his life to the traditional music and folklore of his people. Photo by Asya Malysheva/Circum-Arctic Art Show. Used with permission. In the Nenet language, Khadry's name means "eternal blizzard. " Khadry is just one of over 30 indigenous artists featured in the first-ever international Circum-Arctic Art Show. Opening on Oct. 15, 2015, at the Gamla Bíó theater in Reykjavík, Iceland, the Circum-Arctic Art Show is a rare opportunity for people to share in the rich cultures of indigenous Arctic people. Lucy Nigiyok, Inuit Mary Ann Penashue, Innu. Las Muertas: Deadly Beauties Pose In Colorful Tribute To Day Of The Dead.

Mictecacihuatl earned the title Lady of the Dead when she was sacrificed as an infant, but California-based photographer Tim Tadder brings her back to life in this haunting photo series called ‘Las Muertas.’

Las Muertas: Deadly Beauties Pose In Colorful Tribute To Day Of The Dead

21st century Gypsies: New Age Travellers adopt horse drawn-caravans and a love of Facebook (as long as it's solar powered) By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 11:35 GMT, 30 September 2012 | Updated: 10:12 GMT, 1 October 2012 They were the inner-city youth who, fuelled by punk spirit, anarchist philosophy and a hate of Margaret Thatcher, clambered aboard a fleet of battered old vehicles to shun the trappings of the modern world for a life of nomadic freedom.

21st century Gypsies: New Age Travellers adopt horse drawn-caravans and a love of Facebook (as long as it's solar powered)

And while today's new-age travellers appears to have taken the philosophy even further, preferring to use traditional horse-drawn caravans instead of gas-guzzling vans, they also appear to be embracing the modern technology like mobile phones, laptops and even Facebook. Everydayafrica on Instagram. Incredible Photos of People Who Live in the Wilderness. Many people have the desire to find solitude, flee society and become one with nature.

Incredible Photos of People Who Live in the Wilderness

In his photo series and book, entitled “Escape,” Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko captured portraits of individuals who did just that. Tkachenko’s photos show men, living in the homes they have created for themselves in the forests of Russia and Ukraine. Instead of calling these men hermits or dropouts from society, Tkachenko calls them “Escapers.” (MORE: Extraordinary Lives of People Living Under Active Volcanoes (PHOTOS)) Extraordinary Lives of People Living Under Active Volcanoes (PHOTOS) Spacedrum solo by Yuki Koshimoto. The Hyena Handlers of Nigeria. The photograph that started it all… It all started with the picture above.

The Hyena Handlers of Nigeria

A friend had emailed photographer Pieter Hugo this bizarre image taken on a cellphone in Lagos, Nigeria. Stunning Portraits Of The World’s Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away (46 pics) Living in a concrete box with hot water pouring from the tap, a refrigerator cooling our food and wi-fi connecting us to the rest of the world, we can barely imagine a day in a life of, say, Tsaatan people.

Stunning Portraits Of The World’s Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away (46 pics)

They move 5 to 10 times per year, building huts when the temperature is -40 and herding reindeer for transportation, clothing and food. “Before They Pass Away,” a long-term project by photographer Jimmy Nelson, gives us the unique opportunity to discover more than 30 secluded and slowly vanishing tribes from all over the world. [Read more...] Spending 2 weeks in each tribe, Jimmy became acquainted with their time-honoured traditions, joined their rituals and captured it all in a very appealing way. His detailed photographs showcase unique jewellery, hairstyles and clothing, not to forget the surroundings and cultural elements most important to each tribe, like horses for Gauchos. Source: beforethey.com Book: Amazon.com. Fotopedia. A thirteen year-old eagle huntress. A photographer who snapped what could be the world's only girl hunting with a golden eagle says watching her work was an amazing sight.

A thirteen year-old eagle huntress

Most children, Asher Svidensky says, are a little intimidated by golden eagles. Kazakh boys in western Mongolia start learning how to use the huge birds to hunt for foxes and hares at the age of 13, when the eagles sit heavily on their undeveloped arms. Svidensky, a photographer and travel writer, shot five boys learning the skill as well as the girl, Ashol-Pan. "To see her with the eagle was amazing," he recalls. "She was a lot more comfortable with it, a lot more powerful with it and a lot more at ease with it.

" Chinese Families Demonstrate All Their Belongings In A Single Photo. EmailEmail In the last 10 years, Chinese photographer Huang Qingjun has travelled to 14 of the 33 provinces in China only to take pictures of different families with all their belongings in one frame.

Chinese Families Demonstrate All Their Belongings In A Single Photo

Qingjun asked the families to empty their homes and carefully arrange all their belongings outside, revealing the content of their households not only to the photographer but probably to themselves as well. The aim of the “Family Stuff” (“Jiadang”) project was to document the effects of modernisation on rural Chinese families and expose the varying relationships between people and their material possessions.

What’s even more amazing is how the photographer managed to persuade the families to go to such trouble to bring all their stuff out of their homes and expose it to the light of day and a stranger‘s eye. Source: huangqingjun.com.

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