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At a Bird Bazaar

1998, printed later

Kevin Bubriski

(American, b. 1954)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Transfer from Ingalls Library 2023.211
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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In the Uyghur culture, special breeds of pigeons can be as expensive as sheep.

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This photograph was taken at the bird market in Kashgar, a city in the Xinjiang region of China that was a center of Uyghur culture. The Uyghurs are a Muslim ethnic minority of Turkic origin. They raise pigeons as a hobby. The photographer, who spent time in Kashgar in 1998, wrote that “their greatest joy is to stand on their rooftops and watch their pigeons fly.”
A vertically oriented gelatin silver print features a boy centered against a textured wall, wearing a dark cap and sweater. To the left, a bicycle rests beneath a hanging birdcage. To the right, a man in a suit walks toward a dark opening near a second hanging cage. Harsh sunlight casts long, stark shadows across the ground. The white margin at the bottom is signed in cursive, Kevin Bubriski.

At a Bird Bazaar

1998, printed later

Kevin Bubriski

(American, b. 1954)
America

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