Ikuru Kuwajima

Tundra Kids

ik@ikurukuwajima.com

About Ikuru Kuwajima

After growing up in Japan and studying in journalism in the University of Missouri, Columbia, Ikuru Kuwajima has been living and photographing in various post-Soviet countries in the past 8 years. He extensively photographed in Central Asia and now lives Russia, continuing personal projects. His photobook “Tundra Kids” was published in Vienna, Austria in 2015. He is fluent in Japanese, Russian and English.

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Tundra Kids: Inside Russia’s Indigenous Boarding Schools

Ikuru Kuwajima

At the start of each school year, Nenet children are whisked away by helicopter from their tundra homes to spend 9 months in a boarding school—this series captures that fascinating clash/contrast/coexistence of worlds.

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Tundra Kids