photographic odyssey by uruma takezawa
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Incredible photographic odyssey which takes you around the world in 1,000 days.
Uruma Takezawa, a Japanese photographer, has just won the third annual Nikkei National Geographic photo prize
They are the images that capture the faces and dramatic landscapes one photographer encountered during a 1000-day journey around the world.Award-winning photographer Uruma Takezawa has made a living discovering and documenting communities in the most remote areas around the globe.For his latest book, the Japanese adventurer spent 1,021 days on the road, to capture amazing images on an odyssey that took him to 103 countries on four continents.
Guatemala
Niger
Niger
Sunset in Akatama, Chile
Trinidad, Cuba
Lalung Gal Gompa, East Tibet, exists a dense collection of monk quarters laid out on top of each other on a hillside
A woman dances in the streets of Havana in Cuba, which the photographer said were filled with rhythm and dancing
Cuba
Africa
Egypt
Brazil
Uyuni, Bolivia
Standing stones tower against a background of clouds in Isla de Pascua, Chile, otherwise known as Easter Island
Mali
Mali
Hungary
The Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan
Myanmar
Mali
India
Peru
Mali
Ethiopia
The Wodaabe Tribe , Niger
Ethiopia
Hallstatt, Austria, is home to one of the world's largest collections of hand-painted human skulls, known as the Beinhaus
Maras, Peru
Bali
Nepal
Peru
Goreme, Turkey
India
Ethiopia
Bolivia
Lalung Gal Gompa, East Tibet
Niger
Cuba
Georgia
Blue Hole, Belize
Okinawa
India
Brazil
India
Chile
Tajikistan
Labanon
In Budapest, Hungary, Takezawa captured several travellers waiting at a local train station through a marked pane of glass
In Tobilisi, Georgia, two little girls sit on a window ledge, which is protected by metal bars, which they peer through
Ethiopia
Chile
Tazara Railways, in east Africa, is a 1,860 km single-track railway, which links Tanzania and Zambia
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