venerdì 28 giugno 2013

Yuri Kozyrev :: Yamal Peninsula














Yuri Kozyrev (among the photographers of NOOR photo agency) photographed the Yamal Peninsula, one of the world's largest wildernesses where the indigenous Nenets people have migrated across for the past 1000 years. It is here that traditional large-scale nomadic reindeer husbandry is preserved. The Yamal Peninsula also holds Russia's biggest natural gas reserves. The Nenets have a shamanistic and animistic belief system which foments respect for the land and its resources.