Nenets Of The North

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The Nenets are an indigenous people inhabiting northwestern Russia. Descendants of people inhabiting Siberia, they are reindeer pastoralists, fishermen and hunters of the tundra.

Vijesh Kumar Raju – a photographer based out of Munich, along with his friend Navak Gupta visited the Nenets as a part of their personal project to connect with the reindeer tribes of the world. They travelled to the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia where the Nenets lived. After a gruelling 13 hour long journey into the frozen tundra from Salekhard, they finally reached the Nenets camp.

Habited by just two families – the Vanuitos and Laptanders, the two photographers lived in the tepees with the families where they learned and documented their lifestyle.

Vijesh shot on Sony a7R II and Sony a6500.

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