Reindeer Herders of Taymyr – Petr Shelomovskiy

Yadne family members gather around open fire in their chum in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Yadne family members gather around slaughtered rendeer to enjoy fresh meet and blood in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Little Bogdan is playing big with his pet fawn Khoreku in Yadne family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Pavel Yarotskiy, his wife Izolda and their children are having tea in their chum in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

4 yo Tatiana Yarotskaya is playing with the old cattle in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

15 Timofey Yadne is enjoying a game on his smartphone in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Fish is hung drying in Yadne family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

21 yo Nikolay Yadne is preparing fishing net in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Elvira Yadne is preparing firewood in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

21 yo Nikolay Yadne is skinning a fawn in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

17 yo Nadezhda Yadne (R) and her nephew Kristina pick berries near the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Pavel Yadne is polishing his whip in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

15 yo Timofey Yadne is practicing his lassoeing skills in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Reindeer are resting for the night in Yadne family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

33 yo Pavel Yarotskiy is getting ready to ride his reindeer team through tundra in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

1.5 yo Bogdan Yarotskiy is tied to one of the chum poles so he cannot reach furnace used for cooking and heating up the chum in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

33 yo Pavel Yarotskiy is checking his mobile phone inside his chum in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Elvira Yadne is preparing firewood in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

15 yo Timofey Yadne is posing for a picture at the chum entrance in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

21 yo Nikolay Yadne is checking fishing nets on a tundra lake near the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

21 yo Nikolay Yadne is driving a reindeer team through tundra near the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

17 yo Nadezhda Yadne is posing for a picture with her 1.5 yo nephew Bogdan in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

15 yo Timofey Yadne prepares to catch a reindeer in the family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

Reindeer reflection in the water of a swamp near Yadne family herding camp on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

49 yo Pavel Yadne is driving a reindeer team through the tundra on the left bank of Yenisey river in West Siberia

In Summer 2016 I have spent a week with the family of a reindeer herder Pavel Yadne in the West Siberian Taymyr region, Russia. This story shows everyday life of indigenous Nenets people who for centuries dwell in the endless tundra of the Russian North.