21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
A nomad woman on the tibetan plateau

Twice a year nomad families from Tibetan plateau pack their jurtas, all belongings, live stock and move to different part of the land where nature will treat them with more mercy. This is an end of summer on the highlands and families are moving away from the windy mountains to survive the winter. I captured this woman who already packed the entire household and was helping her sister do the same. They were both in a sentimental mood as if they were wondering what will happen next. She said it's always difficult to leave the land they fell in love during the summer and face the unknown and rigid winter.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: China
Copyright: © Aleksandra Bankowicz