Shailo Djekshenbaev
The Kirgyz photographer looks at the changes his homeland has gone through in the last two decades.
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From the cycle Old Airport.
Frunse Airport was closed in 1980 with the opening of the new international airport Manas (since 2001, also a military base for American troops). Since then, the abandoned landing strip seems to be reverting to a steppe landscape. Markings without function resemble zipper-like signs.
© Photo: Shailo Djekshenbaev
The Kirgyz photographer looks at the changes his homeland has gone through in the last two decades.