Every autumn, the shepherds of Tusheti descend from the high Caucasus.
The mountain roads close soon after — snow seals the passes until spring.
This rider was photographed during the cattle drive, one of the last great transhumances of the Caucasus — a journey unchanged for centuries.
Dust. Backlight. A horse that knows the road.
Shot on the mountain road above the Abano Pass, Greater Caucasus, Georgia. October.
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I have lived in Tbilisi since the mid-1990s. I photograph, paint, and organise the Cattle Drive Tusheti — an adventure tour for those who want to leave the screen behind and walk with the shepherds through the borderlands of the Caucasus.
👉 en.kaukasus-reisen.de/trips/cattle-drive-tusheti-georgia/
The owner of this work receives 10% off the Cattle Drive Tusheti with Kaukasus-Reisen. Code: HEINER
Photography: Hans Heiner Buhr