Alegra Ally
New Path—A Window on Nenets Life
Publication date: July 2019
Photobooks
New Path—A Window on Nenets Life
Publication date: July 2019Photobooks
Documentary photographer and anthropologist Alegra Ally travelled to the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia from October through December 2016 to follow a Nenets family still migrating the same routes as their ancestors have done for centuries. The journey takes a dramatic turn as Lena – nine months pregnant – prepares for giving birth while the family needs to continue their annual winter migration to ensure the future of their herd of 800 reindeer. The birth saga thus becomes emblematic of the struggle for survival of the culture.
New Path opens a window on Nenets life today, highlighting how they have adjusted to modern life, how their culture evolved in light of recent resource extraction developments, globalization, climate change – factors which both enrich and threaten their collective identity.
Press release
Author’s website
New Path opens a window on Nenets life today, highlighting how they have adjusted to modern life, how their culture evolved in light of recent resource extraction developments, globalization, climate change – factors which both enrich and threaten their collective identity.
Press release
Author’s website
About the book:
Alegra Ally
ISBN 9789053309278
Design: Victor Levie, Levievandermeer
Published by Schilt Publishing & Gallery
Hardback, 21.5 x 24.5 cm, 160 Pages, 105 photographs
Press:
The British Journal of Photography
Creative Boom
Feature Shoot
The Guardian newspaper, middle spread, August 20, 2019
The Guardian
F-Stop
My Modern Met