After years of traveling across the planet, Australia-based photographer Alexander Khimushin realized that the most memorable part of his adventures were the faces.
“While on the road,” Alexander said, “I realized that people were the most interesting part of my travel experience; It is them that I have the most unforgettable memories about.”
“I was especially fascinated by people living in remote, off-the-beaten-path places, where traditional lifestyle and ancient culture remained untouched by the outside world.”
Alexander calls his project “The World In Faces”, which he has been working on now for the past 2 years across 84 countries.
“The idea is simple,” wrote Alexander on his website, “I want to show diversity of the world we are all living in by taking portraits of its incredible people.”
Xhosa Woman from Mgxotyeni, South Africa:
Djibouti Girl – Djibouti, Djibouti
Kyrgyz man – Sary Tash, Kyrgyzstan
Uzbek man – Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Kaqchikel Maya girl – Solola, Guatemala
Buryat man – Ivolginsk, Buryatia, Russia
Bodi Tribe Man – Hana Mursi, Ethiopia
Shughnani girl – Korog, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region, Tajikistan
Somaliland man – Hargeisa, Self-declared Somaliland State
Tibetan man – Pangong Tso lake, Ladakh, India
Konso Tribe Woman – Gesergyo, Konso woreda, Ethiopia
Mauritanian girl – Nouadibou, Mauritania
K’iche’ Maya man – Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Samoan Boy – Savaii Island, Samoa
Sahrawi man – Dakhla, Disputed territory of Western Sakhara
Japanese Girl – Nara, Japan
Afar Woman – Afar region, North East Ethiopia
Karo Tribe Woman – Korcho, Ethiopia
Rajastani Man – Jaisalmer, Rajastan, India
Ladakhi Woman – Lamayuru, Ladakh, Hymalayas, India
Afghanistan Wakhi woman – Sast, Wakhan Valley, Afghanistan
Daasanech Tribe woman – Omorate, Ethiopia
Tsemay Tribe girl – Key Afer, Ethiopia
Sources:
Khimushin
Huffington Post