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| Kathleen Walsh |
Recently Kathleen Walsh travelled with Uzbek Journeys and very soon after her return, she curated an exceptional selection of her images of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Most of the images on the tours pages of this website were taken by Kathleen in spring 2018.
The design of her album is brilliant: all in one page (just scroll down), concise and witty text, and outstanding images organized into interesting categories. It is a very *human* album about her experiences in Central Asia.
Uzbek Journeys asked Kathleen to write a little about her work and travels:
"I am an amateur photographer and an obsessive traveller. Having discovered both of these in my 30’s, I am worried that there might not be enough time and resources to fulfill my passions to their fullest, but I'm giving it my best shot!
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| The ancient mud brick walls of Khiva |
I have been lucky enough to work in international development, and between travel for work and leisure I have visited most of Asia and the Pacific, South America, and a little of Africa and Europe.
With my partner Graham, we have only recently returned from our first trip to Central Asia and can’t believe that it has taken us so long to get there. We are already planning our next visit, and are also thinking about a walking trip to Japan - in the snow! (That should make for some spectacular photos.)
I studied photography way back when we used film cameras and darkrooms and learnt a few skills then that I still find useful today. I very much enjoy the whole editing and curating process.
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| Inside a bric-a-brac shop, full of Soviet memorabilia, in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan |
Worried that one day someone will press the ‘delete’ button on my computer and all my photos will be gone I try to share my pics as much as I can - online and in photo books, and recently I re-discovered the quirky practise of printing photographs".
If you have travelled in Central Asia, Kathleen's photos will evoke sweet memories. If you are planning a trip, her photos will be a catalyst to visit as soon as you can. [If you cannot view the album on your device, please visit https://spark.adobe.com/page/
View Kathleen Walsh's Silk Road album.
Related posts:
Paul Nadar's Images of Turkestan 1890
Rosemary Sheel's Images of Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan's Quest for Historical Photographs
Ernst Cohn-Wiener Collection: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
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| A dome at Shah-i-zindar, the necropolis at Samarkand |
