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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • Khorloo Batsuuri uses her brother Batbileg's leg as a cushion on the sofa as she studies in the room they share with their parents Regzen Batsuuri (at right) and Oyuntsetseg Lhakamsuren (not in image). From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2001.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. Oyuntsetseg Lhkamsuren, left, and her two children and niece, sit in the room they have rented from an 83-year-old Russian immigrant, to live in.
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  • Gers and hand built homes without water or plumbing sprang up on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as more and more of Mongolia's rural population moved to the capital city to find work.  Russian style apartment buildings mark the edge of the established city, and the growing suburban ger settlements stretch into the surrounding hills. (Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Impromptu basketball game outside the apartment building in Sector 21 where Oyuntsetseg and Regzen Batsuuri live with their two children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Oyuntsetseg (second from left) and Regzen Batsuuri (right) and their two children, Khorloo (17, left) and Batbileg (12, second from right) visit the neighborhood where they once lived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They hadn't been back there since they lost the property. [Although property in this case is a misnomer. They owned the structures, but were squatters on the land as is everyone in the settlement because ownership of private land is not allowed in Mongolia. Land belongs to the government --2001]. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Gers and hand built homes without water or plumbing sprang up on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as more and more of Mongolia's rural population moved to the capital city to find work. (Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. Traditionally, the structures fit the lifestyle of the largely nomadic Mongols. As the population became more stationary, the ger continued to be used as animal skins and wool felt were, and are, easier to procure while more western style building materials were expensive and scarce.) From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Each morning, Batbilig and Khorloo Batsuuri's public school begins with exercises orchestrated by a teacher with a bullhorn in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Batbileg Batsuuri's Russian language class, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Batbileg Batsuuri, 12, puzzles over a lesson in Russian language class, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001. .
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  • A teacher helps a student in the classroom of Batbilig Batsuuri in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • SuhBaatar Square in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia is named after the Mongolian military leader and horseman, SuhBaatar, considered a hero by Mongols for defeating the Chinese (and a Russian warlord) as commander of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army in the early 1900's. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Russian-style apartment buildings in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia. Small shops ring the complex. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Sheeps graze in Terelj National Park, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Land designations for parks are a very recent occurrence in the country. A ger is set up in the distance. Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Coal-burning power plant in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This power plant generates electricity and also supplies hot water that heats nearly all the large buildings in the city. The pipes are insulated to reduce heat loss.
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  • A freshly painted Buddha standing 26 meters tall in the Gandin Hid Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It's full name is Gandantegchinlen; built in 1840, and one of the largest and most important in Mongolia. It was not destroyed in the religious purge of 1937 however. An agent of the Mongolia KGB was installed as head monk in 1980 where he stayed until religious freedom was granted in Mongolia in 1990. Mongols visit the monastery where a full complement of monks studies and worships.
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  • The head and upper body of a freshly painted Buddha standing 26 meters tall in the Gandin Hid Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It's full name is Gandantegchinlen; built in 1840, and one of the largest and most important in Mongolia. It was not destroyed in the religious purge of 1937 however. An agent of the Mongolia KGB was installed as head monk in 1980 where he stayed until religious freedom was granted in Mongolia in 1990. Mongols visit the monastery where a full complement of monks studies and worships.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Regzen Batsuuri finds a contemplative moment during dinner preparations. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Batbileg Batsuuri (right) battles with his reading in his Russian class at school. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Batbileg Batsuuri (right) in his Russian class at school. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE).Regzen Batsuuri slices up squash, carrots, and cabbage in the small kitchen of his Mongolian home which his family of four shares with two other families. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 232). The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Khorloo Batsuuri rolls out dough for their family's dinner of buuz (mutton-stuffed dumplings) in the small kitchen of her Mongolian home which her family of four shares with two other families. Batbileg is peeling potatoes nearby. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Regzen Batsuuri slices up meat and vegetables in the small kitchen of his Mongolian home which his family of four shares with two other families. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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