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105 photographs

Curtain of rain sweeping across dark mountains and open grassland — On the road

All Istanbul Astana Kolsai Green Valley Camp Kaindy Charyn Assy Turgen Almaty Ak Suu Karakol On the road Song Kul Tashkent Khiva Bukhara Samarkand

Boats crossing the Golden Horn at dusk, orange afterglow on the horizon, dark rippled water — Istanbul

Floodlit New Mosque domes and minaret against a deep blue-hour sky — Istanbul

Red, green and gold painted domes and semi-domes of the New Mosque seen from below — Istanbul

Mosque interior with a diagonal chain of hanging lamps under painted arches, warm light — Istanbul

Busy lane of old houses strung with red and white flag bunting, minaret at the end — Istanbul

Pale blue vintage microcar parked in front of a red arched gateway on a cobbled street — Istanbul

Fisherman leaning over the blue lattice railing of Galata Bridge, rod cutting diagonally across the sky — Istanbul

Cat loafing on a bridge wall looking at camera, Golden Horn and hilltop mosque soft behind — Istanbul

Cascading grey domes and minarets of the Blue Mosque from its courtyard under clear sky — Istanbul

Dark mosque interior with two tiers of glowing stained-glass windows and lamp rings — Istanbul

Looking straight up into the ornate painted and gilded dome of a baroque mosque — Istanbul

Colourful market stall of olives and pickle jars under warm lights — Istanbul

Row of anglers and passers-by on the Bosphorus waterfront, container ship and skyline behind — Istanbul

Calico cat resting on dark grey breakwater boulders with tufts of grass — Istanbul

Silhouette of a mosque with two minarets on the skyline against a peach sunset sky — Istanbul

Tight frontal view of an illuminated mosque dome and turrets against black sky — Istanbul

Grand mosque with blue domes and four minarets mirrored in a reflecting pool — Astana

Patterned blue mosque dome seen from above with the plain beyond — Astana

Glass pyramid framed through a row of stone arches — Astana

Mosque interior with domed ceiling, chandelier and patterned blue carpet — Astana

Blue and white ornamental ceiling pattern in close detail — Astana

Large crystal chandelier hanging under a ring in the mosque hall — Astana

Carved wooden door set in a pointed arch of blue and white geometric tile — Astana

Abstract curving blue glass facade reflecting sky — Astana

Coloured illuminated fountains at night with towers behind — Astana

Symmetrical rear view of twin fighter-jet engine nozzles — Astana

Dark spruce forest on a slope dissolving into low cloud and mist — Kolsai

Kolsai lake in a forested valley with cloud wisps clinging to the peaks — Kolsai

Vertical view of a pyramidal peak and cloud bands reflected in a calm dark lake — Kolsai

Rocky tree-topped cliff with a band of mist drifting across it — Kolsai

Rusting abandoned truck sunk in tall grass and yellow flowers beside a whitewashed farmhouse — Green Valley Camp

Turquoise Kaindy Lake with bare drowned spruce trunks rising from the water, forested cliffs behind — Kaindy

Vertical view of the sunken forest in turquoise water with a rocky peak above — Kaindy

Dead trunks and cloud reflections on dark blue lake water seen from above — Kaindy

Red rock canyon towers below folded grey-green mountains under broken cloud — Charyn

Large layered sandstone boulder balanced above the canyon — Charyn

Tiny lone horseman on the crest of a smooth green hill against a blue sky — Assy Turgen

Raptor in flight with wings swept down, sharp against a clean deep blue sky — Assy Turgen

Horseman riding across open steppe with hills behind — Assy Turgen

Herder on horseback moving a flock of sheep across a green pasture — Assy Turgen

Group of horses with a pale foal on the plateau under big clouds — Assy Turgen

Close portrait of a black and white herding dog against soft green — Assy Turgen

Bay horse standing facing the camera in a flowered meadow — Assy Turgen

Bleached animal skull among stones with a clump of purple flowers — Assy Turgen

Observatory dome tower against dark storm cloud and snowy mountains — Assy Turgen

Milky Way band above a dark hillside silhouette — Assy Turgen

Gilded iconostasis and chandelier inside the Orthodox cathedral — Almaty

Snowy peaks in warm light mirrored in a still alpine lake under soft cloud — Ak Suu

Turquoise Ala-Kul lake seen from above, ringed by snow-streaked ridges — Ak Suu

White yurt on a green meadow at dusk with alpenglow on the peaks behind — Ak Suu

Glacial river rushing through spruce forest with a snow-covered peak framed between the trees — Ak Suu

Pink alpenglow on snowy peaks above a dark valley — Ak Suu

Band of golden light across a rocky snow-dusted peak under grey cloud — Ak Suu

Glaciated white summit and icefield seen from a high pass with a dark rock foreground — Ak Suu

Cow standing on a dark meadow with hazy warm evening light across a mountain slope — Ak Suu

Low cloud drifting through a forested valley below a grey mountain — Ak Suu

Deep blue-hour view of snowy peaks reflected in an alpine lake — Ak Suu

Milky Way over the silhouetted V of a mountain valley — Ak Suu

Man leading a black bull on a rope through the muddy livestock market — Karakol

Two young men in caps handling cattle at the rail of the animal bazaar — Karakol

Colourful checkerboard gables and painted eaves of the wooden Dungan mosque — Karakol

Snowy peaks with a patch of golden light on the rock face, framed by a green V-shaped valley — On the road

Turquoise lake between sheer grey cliffs with a tiny boat for scale — On the road

White yurt with chimney smoke drifting across a green hillside at evening — On the road

Small child in a pink striped hat, pale green fleece and red trousers standing on a meadow, yurts and a blue shipping container behind — On the road

River winding through green trees below red canyon walls under a heavy storm sky — On the road

Tan dog sitting on a rock looking out over a turquoise lake and cliffs, small boat in the distance — On the road

Close portrait of a tan dog with eyes narrowed, cliffs and water blurred behind — On the road

Snow-capped rocky peak with cloud streaming off the summit above green foothills — On the road

Jagged red sandstone ridge rising from pale badlands under clear blue sky — On the road

Weathered mural of a bearded man seen through a rusted iron scroll — On the road

Orange sun over a lake with silhouetted bare branches in the foreground — On the road

Dirt road switchbacking down a green mountain pass into layered hazy valleys — Song Kul

Red full moon rising over a lake and mountain ridge at dusk — Song Kul

Minimal bands of green shore, blue lake and snow-streaked mountains — Song Kul

Woman in a green patterned dress and headscarf walking along an ornate metro platform — Tashkent

Floodlit mosque portal and ribbed dome against a black night sky — Tashkent

Motion-blurred metro train streaking past a blue tiled station wall and green column — Tashkent

White vaulted arches and domes of a metro station ceiling — Tashkent

Empty old-town lane at golden hour, mud-brick walls glowing, striped minaret in the distance — Khiva

Tightrope walker with balance pole carrying a second performer doing a handstand on his shoulders, blue sky — Khiva

Acrobat in a one-arm handstand split on top of a mast against a clean blue sky — Khiva

Deep blue tiled dome ceiling with a crystal chandelier at its centre — Khiva

Near-black interior with a latticed window and a small bright doorway opening to daylight — Khiva

High view over mud-brick rooftops to a turquoise dome and madrasa courtyards — Khiva

Forest of carved wooden columns in the Juma Mosque with shafts of light on the floor — Khiva

Single carved wooden column lit against a dark hall, sunlit floor at its base — Khiva

Squat turquoise-banded Kalta Minor minaret rising above the old-town street — Khiva

Narrow shadowed alley between high mud-brick walls opening onto a tiled minaret — Khiva

Curving display of brightly painted ceramic plates along a brick wall — Khiva

Madrasa portal and twin turquoise domes in warm golden light — Bukhara

Kalyan minaret glowing orange in low sun against a dusky sky — Bukhara

Turquoise dome and courtyard framed through a dark pointed archway — Bukhara

Tilework detail with a sun face and two green birds on a deep blue floral ground — Bukhara

Chor Minor with its four turquoise-capped towers against deep blue sky — Bukhara

Turquoise tiled dome with calligraphy band against blue sky — Bukhara

White cat sitting on worn brick paving, looking aside — Bukhara

Receding rows of carved wooden columns under a painted timber ceiling — Bukhara

Woman in a blue headscarf with a patterned parasol walking past a turquoise-tiled mausoleum doorway — Samarkand

Turquoise and navy muqarnas vault of a Shah-i-Zinda portal seen from below — Samarkand

Gold and blue star-patterned muqarnas ceiling in close view — Samarkand

Gilded blue dome interior of a madrasa mosque with a latticed window below — Samarkand

Ribbed blue-tiled dome above tiled arcade arches against clear sky — Samarkand

Wide frontal view of a Registan madrasa with leaning minarets and ribbed dome — Samarkand

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