Faces of Kashgar

I’ve talked a lot about how different the Uighurs are from Han Chinese and how distinct Kashgar is from places farther east in China. But nothing does a better job of demonstrating that than Galen’s photography. Here are some of the portraits that Galen did while in Kashgar, mostly in the Sunday Market:

Right Here

Right Here

Puzzling

Puzzling

Father and Son

Father and Son

The Gang

The Gang

The Pink and the Black

The Pink and the Black

The Handshake

The Handshake

Looking Up

Looking Up

The Examination

The Examination

Your Eyes Only

Your Eyes Only

Relief

Relief

Mother and Daughter out shopping

Mother and Daughter out shopping

Intent

Intent

Over There

Over There

Hijab and Sunglasses

Hijab and Sunglasses

T-Shirt

All White

Louis Vitton

Louis Vitton

Halfway In

Halfway In

Excited

Excited

Seeing You

Seeing You

Other Way

Other Way

Examining the Wares

Examining the Wares

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child

Working

Working

Behind Them

Behind Them

Doesn't Belong

Doesn’t Belong

Looking Carefully

Looking Carefully

Father and Daughter

Father and Daughter

What's Up?

What’s Up?

Scooting Away

Scooting Away

Shopgirls

Shopgirls

Blue Together

Putting Our Heads Together

 

Mounting

Mounting

Cross Purposes

Cross Purposes

All Together Now

All Together Now

Icy

Icy

Friends

Friends

Staring

Staring

Got It

Got It

Pitching In

Selling

Distant

Distant

On the Move

On the Move

Not Sure

Not Sure

Who Are You?

Who Are You?

Earbuds

Earbuds

Into  Hardware

Into Hardware

Pout

Pout

Looking Things Over

Looking Things Over

Square

Square

Waiting

Waiting

Old Man

Old Man

A Final Look Back

A Final Look Back

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