The Mongolian Countryside and Ulaanbaatar

[foggie]

I've been in Mongolia for 6 months now and I'm finally getting around to developing some of the film I have.


Our land cruiser is stuck in a river

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6225669328/in/photostream



Little Girl

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6225151903/in/photostream


Young Man

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6225151537/in/photostream


Dog and a Mosque

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6129069709/in/photostream


Bone Yard

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6225151219/in/photostream


Zaisan District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6122793685/in/photostream


Girlfriend Translating to a Drunk at the Scene of an Accident

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6202603751/in/photostream


The motorcyclist after this accident. Drunken idiot. (Might be too violent for some viewers so picture not embedded into this post.)


Drunk Man in the Park with Knife Wounds. Never send your film to a Mongolian minilab!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foggie/6105822464/in/photostream


There are dozens more pictures on my flicker account and over the next weeks and months I've uploading more. Comments and criticisms please!

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

Great pictures of Mongolia. I'm very drawn to the photos of factories, houses, and apartment buildings.

The motorcycle story made me cringe a bit but the consequences that led up to it are painfully obvious.

 

[David Murphy]

Fascinating shots. The girl is pretty.

 

[huntjump]

Thanks for sharing. The motorcycle story definitely made me cringe.

Curious, what type of film were you using?

 

[Noll]

Great visual story telling, I thought the last two were especially powerful. Thanks for sharing.

 

[PMCC]

Wow, great photos, incredible story (actually, quite credible having spent miles and miles on similar roads, but within China).

 

[foggie]

huntjump,

Land cruiser in river, young man, little girl, bone yard, and zaisan district were shot with TriX (arista branded).

Dog and mosque, and the two motorcycle photos were shot with neopan 400 (legacy branded).

I think the severe difference in grain is because I sent 20 rolls (out of my 200) to be developed/scanned by a company before I got my own scanner, a plustek 7200, a month ago.

I would have preferred to keep using TriX but I ran out and the only thing available to me (via a friend, nateventure, coming to visit and bring a stash of film) was neopan 400.