All Photos © Ryan Pyle

On a 2006 trip, Ryan Pyle decided to focus his camera on the disappearing culture of China’s remote western Xinjiang province. He says, “The culture is vanishing before my eyes. Each time I return something is missing—a market, an old shop full of blacksmiths, a local mosque. This cultural fabric will be lost forever.” Previously named Chinese Turkestan, the Xinjiang province is bordered by the Gobi desert and some of the highest mountain ranges in the world, making this location incredibly remote.

Ryan Pyle is a Canadian born-artist. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 2001 and moved permanently to China in 2002 where he is a contributor, covering China, for the New York Times. In addition to this photographic series, Pyle has created a multimedia piece.

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© Ruud van Empel, World #33, 2008. C-print, 24 x 20 inches.  From the Elton John AIDS Portfolio, edition of 40.  Jackson Fine Art

This image will be on display with the Jackson Fine Art at this year’s AIPAD show from March 18th-21st. For more details about the AIPAD show, click here. For more work from Ruud van Empel and Jackson Fine Art, click here.

©Julie Mack, Self Portrait with Family in SUV, Michigan, 2007. C-print, 30 x 40-inches.  Laurence Miller Gallery

This image will be on display with the Laurence Miller Gallery at this year’s AIPAD show from March 18th-21st. For more details about the AIPAD Photography Show New York, click here. For more work from Julie Mack and the Laurence Miller Gallery, click here.

August Sander, Forester’s Child, Westerwald, 1931. Gelatin silver print, 10-3/16 x 7-1/2 inches. Copyright © SK-Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archiv VG-Bild Kunst, Bonn.  Deborah Bell Photographs

This image, with Deborah Bell Photographs, will be on display at this year’s AIPAD Photography Show New York from March 18th-21st. For more details about the AIPAD show, click here. For more work from August Sander and Deborah Bell Photographs, click here.