Through the eyes of Durdy Bayramov
Subtitle: Turkmen village life, 1960s-80s
By: Keyik Bayramova, Robert Pontsioen, Jeren Balayeva
Contributors: Bayramova, Keyik, author; Pontsioen, Robert, 1978- author; Balayeva, Jeren, author; Shear, Amanda; Taylor, Paul Michael, 1953-; Durdy Bayramov Art Foundation; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program
Publisher: Durdy Bayramov Art Foundation; Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, ON, Canada; Washington, DC, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780993944314
Subjects: Exhibitions; Artistic Photography; Pictorial works; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Work titles: Photographs
Description: Durdy Bayramov (1938-2014) was an acclaimed Eurasian artist whose paintings hang in museums and private collections around the world. Exhibited for the first time, Bayramov's black-and-white photographs were taken in the rural villages of his native Turkmenistan. These beautiful images reveal how the country of his birth fascinated and inspired him. --Back cover.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition curated by Amanda Shear and Robert Pontsioen held at the Durdy Bayramov Art Foundation in Toronto, Canada May 1-June 6, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-126).
Table of contents: title: Remembrance / Keyik Bayramova; title: Durdy Bayramov's photographs as visual documents of cultural history / Paul Michael Taylor; title: Part I. The photography of Durdy Bayramov. Durdy Bayramov : a life in art; title: Turkmen village life in the late twentieth century; title: Part II. Photographs. Villagers at home and at play; title: Villagers at work; title: Portraits of Turkmen villagers; title: Bibliography and suggested readings; title: Acknowledgments.