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Trans-Siberia Album.

Deniz Bensason, Photographer - Trans-Siberian Album

Deniz Bensason, Photographer
Trans Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway. From Moscow to Beijing.

An astonishing journey through magnificent geographies.

Moscow, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Ulan-Ude, Ulan Bator, the Mongolian Alps, the Gobi Desert, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, Beijing

I have dreamt about visiting Siberia for years- in fact, I remember my mother dreaming of visiting Siberia for years. She wanted to see and experience the places where some of her parents' stories took place. The Siberian visit persisted to be unattainable dream for many years.

Last year I asked my sister if she was interested to join me on a Trans-Siberian train journey.

Understanding the significance of those acquired memories, the ones handed down to us, we decided to make the journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway a reality.

We started our journey in June just as spring turned into summer. Everything was teeming with vitality, booming and blooming. It was hard to imagine that those endless fields will be covered with layers of snow within few months - as they were just weeks ago. It was still harder to visualize that these places as desolate tundra and locations for prisoner camps.



Information about the Album ...

Title: The Trans-Siberian Railroad

Photographer: Deniz Bensason

Width: 29 cm

Height: 25.5 cm

Number of Pages: 230

Cover: Hard cover. Cloth covered spine.

Additional Information: Printed on high quality gloss paper.
Laminated in matt silk to maintain maximum protection for the album.

Design & Layout: Nili Glick Studio.

An album of an epic train-journey.
Primarily pictures of Places, Landscapes, Deserts and People.


Excerpts from the Trans-Siberian Railroad Album

Trans-Siberian Album - Front and Back Covers

Front and Back Covers

Pages  12 & 13 My Itinerary (Map)

Pages 12 & 13 My Itinerary (Map)

Pages 14 & 15 My Dream

Page 14 - My "Tickets"
Page 15 - My Dream

Pages: 22 & 23 - Moscow streets at night

Pages: 22 & 23 - Moscow streets at night

Page 28: View of the Cathedral of the Dormition. Page 29: View of Moscow from the bridge.

Page 28: View of the Cathedral of the Dormition.
Page 29: View of Moscow from the bridge.

Pages: 30-31 - Arbatskaya (Russian: Арба́тская) metro station – Palatial by any standard

Pages: 30 & 31 - Arbatskaya (Russian: Арба́тская) metro station – Palatial by any standard

Pages 40 & 41: Sightseeing from Moscow

Pages 40 & 41: Sightseeing from Moscow

Page 48: Kazan on the railway route. Page 49: Kazan Page (Silhouette)

Page 48: Kazan on the railway route.
Page 49: Kazan Page (Silhouette)

Pages: 49-50 - Man reading Koran seen through a mashrabiya (مشربية)

Pages: 49 & 50 - Man reading Koran seen through a mashrabiya (مشربية)

Pages: 78-79 - The Church on Blood in in Yekaterinburg; built on the site where Nicholas II, and his family were killed

Pages: 78 & 79 - The Church on Blood in in Yekaterinburg; built on the site where Nicholas II, and his family were killed

Pages: 80-81 Scenic park in Yekaterinburg on the Iset River - where Asia and Europe meet

Pages: 80 & 81 Scenic park in Yekaterinburg on the Iset River - where Asia and Europe meet

Pages:  86-87 - arriving to Novosibirsk train station

Pages: 86 & 87 - arriving to Novosibirsk train station

Pages: 96 & 97 - Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater

Pages: 96 & 97 - Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater

Pages: 102 & 103 - Krasnoyarsk train station

Pages: 102 & 103 - Krasnoyarsk train station

Pages: 104 & 105 - The restaurant of the train

Pages: 104 & 105 - The restaurant of the train

Pages: 114 & 115 – The wooden houses of Irkutsk

Pages: 114 & 115 – The wooden houses of Irkutsk

Pages: 132 & 133 - Pictures of and around Baikal Lake

Pages: 132 & 133 - Pictures of and around Baikal Lake

Pages: 142 & 143 - Ulan-Ude: The square of the Soviets with a statue of Lenin's head

Pages: 142 & 143 - Ulan-Ude: The square of the Soviets with a statue of Lenin's head

Pages: 152 & 153 - A picturesque view from the moving train

Pages: 152 & 153 - A picturesque view from the moving train

Pages: 154 & 155 - Arriving in Mongolia

Pages: 154 & 155 - Arriving in Mongolia

Page 166: Ulan Bator - Beautiful landscape / Page 167: An isolated wooden house

Page 166: Ulan Bator - Beautiful landscape
Page 167: An isolated wooden house

Pages: 170 & 171 Scenes from the Mongolian Alps; yaks and yurts

Pages: 170 & 171 Scenes from the Mongolian Alps; yaks and yurts

Page 180: A herd of Bactrians (two-humped camels) / Page 181: The Gobi Desert (map)

Page 180: A herd of Bactrians (two-humped camels)
Page 181: The Gobi Desert (map)

Pages: 196 & 197 - Erlian/Erenhot on the border between Mongolia and China – known as the dinosaur capital

Pages: 196 & 197 - Erlian/Erenhot on the border between Mongolia and China – known as the dinosaur capital

Pages: 210 & 211 - Beijing: The forbidden city

Pages: 210 & 211 - Beijing: The forbidden city

Pages:  226 & 227 - The Great Wall of China

Pages: 226 & 227 - The Great Wall of China

Pages: 228 & 229 - Every journey has an end

Pages: 228 & 229 - Every journey has an end



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