Foreign Correspondents' Club
Ends March 20
What's it like to travel thousands of kilometres across a land without any roads, bridges or signs? Swiss-native Marc Progin knows. He rode a bicycle 7,500km across Mongolia.
For Vastness, Magnificence and Simplicity, the 61-year old photographer/poet (and watch-maker) headed to the Altai and Kanghai mountains, across the Gobi, Altan and Mongol Els deserts, experiencing freezing winters and brilliant turquoise summer skies.
For a few months at a time, from 2002 to last year, Progin rode 100-150km a day, encountering nomads along the way. Over the years, he took some 7,000 photos - 90 of which he's selected for the exhibition.
Many of the shots highlight the vastness of the flat plains and sweeping mountains, with Progin or wildlife appearing as tiny specks. In others, Progin takes close-ups of reindeers, nomadic eagle hunters, shepherdesses, children and elderly men with tanned, weathered skin.