Alison Shuman Photographer

Documentary and travel photographer

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    The Kryashen ensemble, Tyganailar, performs at the social club in the village of Kryashen Eriksa, Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Villagers tend their plots in the Kryashen village of Dyusmetyevo in the Mamadysh region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Ivan Zaitsev starts his early morning routine in the Kryashen village of Dyusmetyevo in the Mamadysh region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A young girl helps her grandmother with chores in the Kryashen village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Marusya Nulinna prepares for her 80th birthday in the village of Chikchik. With only about 20 houses remaining, this village will soon die out.
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    A picture of the Qul Sharif Mosque in Kazan hangs on a bedroom wall in the Tatar village of Aktanish.
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    A woman prepares for a birthday feast in a tiny Tatar village in eastern Tatarstan.
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    Tatars celebrate May Day under the Russian flag in the village of Chikchik. With only about 20 houses remaining, this village will soon die out.
  • Zila Idrisova walks through her brother’s garden in the village of Aktanish.
    Zila Idrisova walks through her brother's garden in the village of Aktanish.
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    Due in part to its oil reserves, Tatarstan is one of the wealthier republics in Russia.
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    Villagers process from the brook to the church during a church re-opening ceremony in the Kaibitsi region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A young girl kisses the cross during a church re-opening ceremony in the Kaibitsi region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A girl plays on a swing in her disappearing Tatar village in eastern Tatarstan.
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    "I'm waiting to die," says a 90-year-old woman in the vanishing village of Chikchik.
  • During the winter, the temperature in Aktanish often dips below -25F.
    During the winter, the temperature in Aktanish often dips below -25F.
  • A Russian soap opera lights up the television in a Tatar home in Aktanish.
    A Russian soap opera lights up the television in a Tatar home in Aktanish.
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    Generations of Kryashens live in this Kryashen village in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A Kryashen priest leads the ceremony to consecrate the grounds for a new church in the small village of Ivanaiyevo in the Ribnaya Clobada region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Villagers cross themselves and bow to a birch tree during the celebration of Troitza in the village of Ulten-Buga in the Almetevsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A former church, used as a social club in the Soviet era, sits decaying in the Kryashen village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Alcohol is the scourge of life in modern-day Russia and drinking combined with smoking cause many Russian men to die at a young age.
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    A museum worker gives visitors a tour of the Udmurt national heritage museum in northern Tatarstan.
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    Beauty contestants line up to go on stage during Petrov Den in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Marusya Nulinna celebrates her 80th birthday in the village of Chikchik. With only about 20 houses remaining, this village will soon die out.
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    Ezheria Idrisova waves goodbye to a friend in the vanishing village of Chikchik.
  • galleries
    • it takes a village
    • the kryashen
    • minarets and onion domes
    • rites of spring
    • growing up positive
    • instagram
  • books/prints
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  • blog
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