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Mass Transit in the Kyrgyz Capital

Published on January 10, 2015

Since my research examines urban transformation throughout Bishkek, I’ve spent a good deal of time traveling around the…

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Psychedelic Bishkek

Published on November 26, 2014

Remember that beautiful 1960s FED-3 rangefinder I showed you last week? Well, I just developed the first roll…

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Back to Basics: the Soviet Rangefinder

Published on November 14, 2014

Earlier this week, I picked up my first Soviet film camera: a beautiful FED-3B (that’s ФЭД-3Б for the…

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FC Dordoi Clinches the Kyrgyz Top League Title…Again

Published on November 11, 2014

Yesterday, FIFA’s unabashedly avaricious president Sepp Blatter sent a congratulatory note to Bishkek-based soccer football club FC Dordoi…

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Another Foray into the Mountains

Published on November 5, 2014

Science dictates that winter begins at the winter solstice – usually December 21st or 22nd. Bishkek’s municipal government,…

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Commerce and Community: A Closer Look at the Osh Bazaar

Published on October 29, 2014

Occupying a vast swath of land just north of downtown Bishkek, the Dordoy Bazaar is the largest public…

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Escaping the City

Published on October 14, 2014

For fans of brutalist architecture, socialist-realist art, monumental statues of Soviet statesmen and war heroes, and oddly placed…

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Eid al-Adha in Bishkek

Published on October 5, 2014

In the fall of each year, thousands of Kyrgyz Muslims congregate in Bishkek’s Old Square (ironically, in the…

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