2006-06-13

Vanishing Mongolia (photo and book project)

Project name: Vanishing Mongolia
Status: [13/06/2006] Initial project definition.

Project progress
In this big project I'm photographing the rapidly vanishing aspects of Mongolia's capital city, Ulaanbaatar. The political and economic progress Mongolia is experiencing since going democratic in 1989, is at the root of many social changes. These changes impact on the way people live their lives and experience their traditional culture. The nomadic way of life is disappearing steadily, as are the traditional ways people brought with them when migrating to the capital. Now even those adapted traditional ways are disappearing, and with them important connections with the past. But most importantly are the ever encroaching new housing developments. These are slowly replacing the ubiquitous ger districts of Ulaanbaatar. My aim is to not only record the way it was but also to photograph the changes that take place.

This is a long-term project that can be split up in several sections of attention:

  • Gandan ger district

  • Belkh ger district

  • gazar (yards)

  • shops, workshops, etc.

  • daily life

  • animals

  • people


The project is only in initial project design. One or more books are expected to result from this project. As yet there is no end date fixed.


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