The Next Generation of Eagle Hunters

Photographer

Apostolos Kaloudis

Category

People Photography - Family

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2023

Country / Region:

Greece

Eagle hunting was largely banned during Soviet rule in Kazakhstan as it was seen as bourgeois. More than a million Kazakhs died during the Soviet-inflicted famine in the 1930s when Josef Stalin's forced collectivization campaign and millions were imprisoned or exiled. The tradition of Eagle Hunting survived by the Kazakhs that fled, and settled in western Mongolia and China. The connection between hunter and eagle is strong. Here is 6y old Alkan, next to his famous Uncle Jenisbek Tserik, a Multi-title champion.