Asia Images / John Lander Photography

  • Portfolio
  • About
  • Contact
  • Archive
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Books
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
12 images found
twitterlinkedinfacebook

Loading ()...

  • Traditional ger or yurts consist of a circular wooden frame carrying a felt cover. The felt is made from the wool of the flocks of sheep that accompany most nomads. The timber to make the external structure is notfound on the treeless steppes so must be bought or traded for in the towns or village.<br />
The frame consists of lattice wall sections, a door frame, roof poles and a crown. Some ger have columns to support the crown. The self supporting wood frame is covered with pieces of felt which is then covered with canvas for waterproofing and windproofing.
    ger-7.jpg
  • Nomads building a ger, top to bottom taking less than 30 minutes for a new home!  Setting up a ger requires this efficiency as nomads regularly move around the country depending on water availability, the season if they get along with their neighbors.
    ger-5.jpg
  • Nomads building a ger, top to bottom taking less than 30 minutes for a new home!  Setting up a ger requires this efficiency as nomads regularly move around the country depending on the season, water availability and whether or not they like their neighbors.
    ger-4.jpg
  • Nomads building a ger, top to bottom taking less than 30 minutes for a new home!  Setting up a ger requires this efficiency as nomads regularly move around the country depending on the season, water availability and whether or not they like their neighbors.
    ger-3.jpg
  • Colorfully painted door of a 'ger' or 'yurt', traditional Mongolian tent-like dwelling.  Ger doors are usually nicely decorated, as little other embellishments make up the usual ger
    ger-6.jpg
  • Traditional ger or yurts consist of a circular wooden frame carrying a felt cover. The felt is made from the wool of the flocks of sheep that accompany most nomads. The timber to make the external structure is not found on the treeless steppes so must be bought or traded for in the towns or village. The frame consists of lattice wall sections, a door frame, roof poles and a crown. Some ger have columns to support the crown. The frame is covered with pieces of felt which is then covered with canvas for waterproofing and windproofing.
    ger-2.jpg
  • Traditional ger or yurts consist of a circular wooden frame carrying a felt cover. The felt is made from the wool of the flocks of sheep that accompany most nomads. The timber to make the external structure is notfound on the treeless steppes so must be bought or traded for in the towns or village.<br />
The frame consists of lattice wall sections, a door frame, roof poles and a crown. Some ger have columns to support the crown. The self supporting wood frame is covered with pieces of felt which is then covered with canvas for waterproofing and windproofing.
    ger-1.jpg
  • State Department Store of Mongolia.  Still the best place to shop in Ulan Bator, despite its communist-sounding name. Flash western clothes and cosmetics are available - note the billboard. "Ger' dwellings are also for sale here.
    ger-8.jpg
  • Variety of styles of architecture in Mongolia, ranging from 'ger' nomadic tent to Soviet-style apartment block, with Tibetan influenced temple in between.
    ger-9.jpg
  • Nomads move around the steppes of Mongolia depending on the season, water availability and whether or not they like their neighbors.  Nomadic people move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Nomads in Mongolia are usually of the pastoral type following seasonally available wild plants and game, moving with them in ways that avoid depleting pastures beyond their ability to recover.
    mongolian-nomad-camp.jpg
  • Portrait of a Nomad in his Ger - Nomads move around the steppes of Mongolia depending on the season, water availability and whether or not they like their neighbors, this rugged individual included. Nomadic people move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Nomads in Mongolia are usually of the pastoral type following seasonally available wild plants and game, moving with them in ways that avoid depleting pastures beyond their ability to recover.
    mongolian-nomad-6.jpg
  • Portrait of a Nomad in her Ger - Nomadic people move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 35 million nomads in the world still today. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic but is increasingly rare in industrialized countries. Nomads in Mongolia are usually of the pastoral type following seasonally available wild plants and game - by far the oldest human subsistence method. Pastoralists raise herds, moving with them in patterns that avoid depleting pastures beyond their ability to recover.
    mongolian-nomad-7.jpg