Enlightenment - Ltd Edition 1/3 - Facemount Photograph

Enlightenment, Afghanistan - 2011 Limited Edition of 3 24x36 in, Facemount. ( Sandwich Print - 3mm Clear Acrylic and Aluminium Composite) In the Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Afghanistan, Kyrgyz girls have access to education. These two, in traditional dress, study in their yurt. The land, where the Kyrgyz live in Afghanistan, is the first prominent feature that distinguishes them from the rest of the population. As pastoralists, the Kyrgyz, who number approximately 1,103 people, live in their yurts (round felt tents) at an altitude as high as 4,500 metres in the Big and Little Pamir mountains. This is what is called bam-e donya (Dari, meaning ‘the roof of the world’) in Afghanistan’s Wakhan district of Badakhshan province. The Kyrgyz inhabiting the Pamir region are known as ‘vertical nomads’ – they annually move from low-lying winter quarters (qeshlaq) to higher summer pastures (ailaq) within the Wakhan Corridor.