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.

© Don Jim, One Girl, Muscle Beach, c. mid 1950’s. Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches.

Pictured here is a scene from the women’s competition at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, CA. This image will be on display with the Barry Singer 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 Don Jim and the Barry Singer Gallery, click here.

© Matthew Turley

Tourists visit the upper platforms at the Aiguille du Midi (12,604′), with the Mont Blanc massif in the background.