STEVE RAZZETTI MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM

HINDU KUSH: Afghan Trader

A Tajik from the Wakhan in Afghanistan. His homeland is the place where the fabled <i>Ab-i-Panj </i>or Oxus river flows out of the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan. The local name for this region is <i>Bam-i-Dunya</i> - the roof of the world. He has come with yaks to sell in order that he may buy Chinese goods from the bazaar in the village of Sost on the Karakoram Highway. This artery of commerce, opened in 1978, has proved a lifeline for this remote and previously isolated region.Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Provia(scanned from print)
Afghan Trader

A Tajik from the Wakhan in Afghanistan. His homeland is the place where the fabled Ab-i-Panj or Oxus river flows out of the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan. The local name for this region is Bam-i-Dunya - the roof of the world. He has come with yaks to sell in order that he may buy Chinese goods from the bazaar in the village of Sost on the Karakoram Highway. This artery of commerce, opened in 1978, has proved a lifeline for this remote and previously isolated region.

Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Provia
(scanned from print)