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18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
the Last Kuban Cossack

There is a legend that far, far away in the Russian hinterland, in a village on the edge of the forest and field lives the Last Kuban Cossack... During an ethnographic photo expedition to the Kuban hinterland, we found the Last Kuban Cossack and carefully, so as not to frighten, watched her simple and beautiful life. It was a real discovery and revelation for us to observe her artless but beautiful life, far from the benefits of civilization, in complete harmony with nature and her soul.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2019
Date Uploaded: 10.2020
Photo Location: Goryachiy Klyuch, Russia
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Copyright: © Andrew Jordan