Interesting Portraits Of Soon To Be Forgotten Nomads

[Novak_Djokovic]

Portraits of Soon to be Forgotten Nomads around the world. Since the beginning of time, nomadic people have roamed the earth. Looking for food, feeding their cattle. Looking for an existence, freedom. Living in the wild, mountains, deserts, on tundra and ice. With only a thin layer of tent between them and nature. Earth in the 21st century is a crowded place, roads and cities are everywhere. Yet somehow, these people hold on to traditions that go back to the very beginning of human civilisation..

This interesting photography series by Dutch photographer Jeroen Toirkens shows us a world that is probably soon to be a forgotten one..

 

Vladimir waits to depart, in Lovozero, Murmansk Oblast. Sami of Russia, November 2006. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Sami girl in front of Lavoo, in Murmansk Oblast. Sami of Russia, 2006. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Khalkhs of Mongolia, May 2007. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens 

 

Girl in Gobi Desert. Khalkhs of Mongolia, 2007. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Bayamandai is posing with his five-year-old eagle. In Bayan ölgii. Kazakhs of Mongolia, August 2007. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Interior of a dwelling in Khövsgöl Aimag. Dukha of Mongolia, 2007. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Bleeding Antlers, Khövsgöl Aimag. Dukha of Mongolia, 2004.Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Tool holding two reindeer in Baruun Taiga. Dukha of Mongolia, June 2007. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Thomasine cuts seal into pieces, in Tiniteqilaaq. Inuit of East Greenland, September 2009. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Drying Fish, Tiniteqilaaq. Inuit of East Greenland, 2009. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens

 

Inupiat of Alaska, United States, October 2010. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens