Nine Days In Kyrgyzstan Captured On Analog Film

Schermann’s documentation of this landscape feels expansive, open vistas and red rock mountains are the backdrop for horse riders, yurts and abandoned buildings. Visions of society here are contradictory: streetscapes appear busy and deserted in equal parts. In his writing about the project, Schermann notes that whilst Kyrgyzstan is ranked as one of the world’s poorest countries, its poverty is represented fiscally but not emotionally. The people of Kyrgyzstan, he notes, “welcomed me with their open hearts”. Schermann’s documentation shows an altogether different perspective of a country more frequently associated with a sense of political and economic instability, than with its landscapes or the generosity of its people.