Photographer Alessandro Grassani chronicles the rampant alcoholism and ubiquitous squalor of Mongolia’s capitol city, Ulan Bator, and the hardscrabble subsistence lifestyle of those from its surrounding provinces. Grassani’s impossibly bleak photo essay shows life on Mongolia’s barren landscape during dzud—or severe winter conditions. Think your life is tough? Try dragging a dead sheep across the frozen tundra on a makeshift wooden sled. See more …
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The Manufacture of Sadness by Maya Edelman
