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
Puzzling
Father and Son
The Gang
The Pink and the Black
The Handshake
Looking Up
The Examination
Your Eyes Only
Relief
Mother and Daughter out shopping
Intent
Over There
Hijab and Sunglasses
All White
Louis Vitton
Halfway In
Excited
Seeing You
Other Way
Examining the Wares
Madonna and Child
Working
Behind Them
Doesn’t Belong
Looking Carefully
Father and Daughter
What’s Up?
Scooting Away
Shopgirls
Putting Our Heads Together
Mounting
Cross Purposes
All Together Now
Icy
Friends
Staring
Got It
Selling
Distant
On the Move
Not Sure
Who Are You?
Earbuds
Into Hardware
Pout
Looking Things Over
Square
Waiting
Old Man
A Final Look Back
Impressive.