Mongolia, 2004
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MN 001 Family Purew, Otschir and Luwsansharaw, 2004, C-print, 125 x 152 cm
Mongolia is a series of portraits of the Mongolian nomads and their houses, the ger, also called a jurte. The portraits are taken either outdoors, in the dry, monochromatic landscape, or indoors, displaying the colourful interior of the ger, which stands in a stark contrast to the landscape outside. For about 3000 years the form and the function of the ger has remained unchanged. In the series of portraits of the ger itself I was interested in how the individual characteristics of the ger was made visible through the changing daylight and how it was placed in the landscape.
![MN007](images/MN007.jpg)
MN 007 Adja and Tschuluun, 2004, C-print, 60,1 x 75,9 cm
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MN 050 Ger, 2004, C-print, 68 x 85 cm
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MN 054 Ger, 2004, C-print, 68 x 85 cm