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An intimate glimpse into everyday life in Mongolia, captured through portraits of children and evolving landscapes that reflect the passage of the seasons.

Like a joyful window opened onto the rural life of Mongolian nomads, Taemin Ha’s photographs tell, above all, the story of an encounter. After spending several months with a family on the Mongolian plains, he captures the rhythms of their communal daily life. Portraits of children unfold through the seasons: sovereigns of these vast rural landscapes, they embody a profound sense of freedom, intimately connected to nature and the animals around them.

A peaceful softness radiates from his images, where the bright light of spring and summer follows the hushed, enveloping atmosphere of snowy winters. Light – ever-present in Taemin Ha’s work – seems to guide each scene: whether gently filtering through the window of a yurt or bathing children’s games in clear lakes, it accompanies every gesture, every gaze.

In dialogue with these photographs, poems by Erdenesolongo Batchuluun and Byambajav Gombojav – two Mongolian poets – are woven throughout the book. Their words intertwine with the images to form a new thread of connection and resonance, offering a poetic lens that deepens the sense of presence, memory, and shared time.

80 pages, 30 x 24.5 cm
Published by Chose Commune
ISBN: 9791096383535