Asia
Russia, China, Mongolia
Azir Sandler looking, 40 years later, at papers stored in his old cell in Magadan Prison, Siberia, 1991
“Welcome to Magadan”: statue of armed guard on the theatre roof greeted political prisoners during Stalin’s 1943 rule of terror, Siberia, 1991
Azir Sandler holds string with a code of knots documenting his 20 years as a prisoner in Stalin’s gulag, Magadan, Siberia, 1991
Young men on motorbikes, gold mining town of Ust Omschug, Siberia, 1991
Lunch, Uptar prison, Siberia
Short winter day, Ust Omschug, Siberia
Remains of a Siberian political prison camp in the frozen waste of Butgytchach where slave labour mined uranium. Many died from hunger and radiation poisoning. 1991
Man from the countryside visiting Tiananmen Square, China. 2004
Railway and Transport Workers Union building, Moscow 1983
Box, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, USSR, 1983. The original royal crest was replaced by the hammer and sickle after the 1917 revolution
Private security training, Beijing, China 2004
School’s out! Dali, Yunnan Province, China, 1989
Lunch in the Beigaozhuang migrant centre, Beijing, China 2004
Zheng Xin Ling, private school for migrant children, Beijing, 2004
Harvesting maize in Qiau Gia Fang village, Huai’an, China, 2004
Cleaning bank sign, railway station, Beijing, 2004
Mobile phone booth, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2006
Unification of the tribes for 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan, Mongolia, 2006
Ceremonial unveiling of Genghis Khan statue for his 800th anniversary, Mongolia, 2006
Mongolian Artist’s Union exhibition, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2006
Genghis Khan photo booth, Ulaanbaatar, 2004
Biker gang with buddhist/swastika sign, Mongolia, 2004
Woman bowing to roadside shrine to bless her journey: she circles 3 times and adds a stone. Mongolia
Laughing horse posing with soldier in 13th C uniform and Japanese tourist. 800th anniversary Festival, Mongolia 2004
Rehearsal for the re-enactment of the unification of tribes for Genghis Khan’s 800th