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Ulan Bator Photo Studio

Mongolia 2012

Presented at the Open Show, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2013; Finalist at Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards 2013; Shortlisted at Fotosynthesis PICS Festival 2013, London; Selected for the Singapore International Photo Festival 2014.

UB Photo Studio is a participatory project supported by NGO Mongolian Youth Services Center and Mongolian Photo News in Ulan Bator. In a temporary photo studio set up with the help of local teens in the ger district of Chingeltei, Ulaanbaatar, people from the community were invited to have their portrait taken and share their thoughts about life in the Mongolian growing shantytown. These are their portraits.