The photographer traveled 40,000 km in Siberia and made portraits of its indigenous people

Alexander Himushin is a famous Russian photographer who, 9 years ago, packed his backpack and went on a trip to see the world. Since then, he has visited 85 countries and, by his own admission, he realized that people are the most amazing and beautiful part of the world.

3.5 years ago, Alexander began work on the photo project "World in Faces", designed to show the beauty and diversity of the world using portraits of ordinary people. He is especially interested in those remote places where authentic culture and traditions are still alive. And for almost a year now he has been shooting the indigenous people of Siberia and Mongolia.

A huge region, which is almost 2 times larger than Australia and 30% larger than the area of the United States, Canada or all of Europe. Siberia is one of the last borders of the unknown world. We all know that these are very cold and sparsely populated territories, but what do we know about the people living there?

To get to know them better, Khimushin alone got behind the wheel of an SUV and, having traveled 40,000 km, visited many remote places in Siberia: from the shores of Lake Baikal to the coast of the Sea of Japan, from the endless Mongolian steppes to the coldest place on Earth, Yakutia. All this for the sole purpose of capturing the faces and traditions of various indigenous peoples. Some of these ethnic groups dominate their regions, while others are on the verge of extinction. However, most of them remain largely unknown to the outside world.