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"A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Image Not Available for "A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Object Number 2019.5.2.5
Display Title "A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Print
Department Photographic
Date 2012
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Turkmenistan / Balkan Province / Türkmenbaşy / Awaza
Materials Print, color
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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"A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.46 "A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Awaza
Image Not Available for "In Turkmenistan, the foreign ministry has expressed plans to transform the luxury beach resort of Awaza into a 'Turkmen Las Vegas.' Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.2.4 "In Turkmenistan, the foreign ministry has expressed plans to transform the luxury beach resort of Awaza into a 'Turkmen Las Vegas.' Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Print
Awaza
"In Turkmenistan, the foreign ministry has expressed plans to transform the luxury beach resort of Awaza into a 'Turkish Las Vegas'. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.45 "In Turkmenistan, the foreign ministry has expressed plans to transform the luxury beach resort of Awaza into a 'Turkish Las Vegas'. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Awaza
"Women who are trying to conceive make pilgrimages from all over Turkmenistan to visit the Qyz Bibi shrine. Qyz Bibi, the pagan goddess of fertility and womanhood, is believe to have lived most of her life in a cramped cave, fed through a tiny hole in the rock. Nokhur, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.23 "Women who are trying to conceive make pilgrimages from all over Turkmenistan to visit the Qyz Bibi shrine. Qyz Bibi, the pagan goddess of fertility and womanhood, is believe to have lived most of her life in a cramped cave, fed through a tiny hole in the rock. Nokhur, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Nohur
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2019.5.2.19 "The 'Door to Hell' is a 70-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater created in 1971 when Soviet geologists were drilling in the desert and the ground gave way. It was ignited and has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Print
Darvaza
Image Not Available for "Yangykala Canyon lay beneath the Caspian Sea in prehistoric times. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.2.23 "Yangykala Canyon lay beneath the Caspian Sea in prehistoric times. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Print
Balkanabat
"Yangykala Canyon, which in prehistoric times lay beneath the Caspian Sea. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.31 "Yangykala Canyon, which in prehistoric times lay beneath the Caspian Sea. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Turkmenistan
"Ships at the port of Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk). Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.47 "Ships at the port of Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk). Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Türkmenbaşy
"The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.21 "The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Darvaza
"Changing rooms at Kow-Ata, the 'Father of Caves.' This sulfur lake lies sixty meters underground and is known for its warm healing waters. Kow-Ata, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.24 "Changing rooms at Kow-Ata, the 'Father of Caves.' This sulfur lake lies sixty meters underground and is known for its warm healing waters. Kow-Ata, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Turkmenistan
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2019.5.2.13 “The Flame Towers were the tallest buildings in Baku when completed in 2013. Their surface is covered with LED screens that resemble flickering flames at night. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2015”
Print
Baku
Large man and more than life size in very dim red paint, coils on ears, very old
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Emery County