Yam G-Jun

Commissions The Guardian 13 frames

In Search of an Ancestor

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In March 2024 the broadcaster Mishal Husain travelled through Uzbekistan with her mother, Shama, to find the tomb of their ancestor Amir Kulal, a 14th-century Sufi saint buried near Bukhara.

I photographed the journey for The Guardian.

Read the story in The Guardian

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