Photographer from new York showed how people live in Mongolia

For the first time he heard about this country from his grandfather, who during world war II saved the group of Mongolian soldiers.

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Photographer frédéric Lagrange has spent 17 years exploring Mongolia.

He published a book, which contains photographs of landscapes and people of this country, their culture and way of life.

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Publication of Frédéric Lagrange (@fredericlagrange) 14 Sep 2018 5:28 PDT

During the download an error has occurred.The first time I heard about Mongolia from my grandfather when I was about 7 or 8 years old, in his stories about soldiers during the Second world war. He told about how he was saved at the end of 1944, when he was a prisoner of war, a detachment of Mongol soldiers, who fought under the Soviet command… These people saved the life of my grandfather — and mine.Frédéric Lagrange to See this publication in Instagram

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In 2001, living in new York, the Frenchman worked as a photographer’s assistant. He had barely collected the required amount, took a vacation for a month and visited Western Mongolia. All the time he spent shooting the vast landscapes of a distant country.

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Back in new York, the photographer realized how little he traveled, and wanted to go back again to Mongolia to see the Gobi desert, herders, hunters, and more. So Frederick was born the idea of the book. He gathered her material for 17 years.

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“I wanted to spend as much time as necessary to Express in pictures the emotions and character of this harsh and still very mysterious place to a deeper dive into the culture and people that seemed to me quite strange when I first arrived,” notes Frederick.

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