Alejandro Olivares

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www.alejandroolivares.com

Camels in the Gobi desert

Location: Santiago

Nationality: chile

Biography: Alejandro Olivares (Santiago, Chile 1981).Photographer with special interest in social and territorial issues. He is co-founder and editor of Buen Lugar Ediciones, a publishing house specializing in photography books... MORE

A young Mongolian tries to tie ...se extreme thermal variations.

A young Mongolian tries to tie a camel for seasonal shearing. His family has many camels, they use them to transport tourists and obtain wool. During the summer in the Gobi desert, Bactrian camels should get their hair trim, not only because of the high temperature but, also because their wool is very popular in trading. The Bactrian camel is originally from the great Gobi desert, one of the largest in the world, where its lowest temperatures can reach -43 C and in summer +55 C (in the sun), these camels are able to withstand these extreme thermal variations.

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Camels in the Gobi desert

Copyright Alejandro Olivares 2022

Date of Work Jun 2019 - Jan 2020

Updated Jan 2020

A group of young Mongolian brothers tries to tie a camel for seasonal shearing. His family has many camels, they use them to transport tourists and obtain wool. During the summer in the Gobi desert, Bactrian camels should get their hair trim, not only because of the high temperature but, also because their wool is very popular in trading. The Bactrian camel is originally from the great Gobi desert, one of the largest in the world, where its lowest temperatures can reach -43 C and in summer +55 C (in the sun), these camels are able to withstand these extreme thermal variations.