Golden Eagle Festival Mongolia

• Prize
  Bronze in Events/Other
• Photographer
  Sarah Jenkins
• Agency / Studio
  Sarah Jenkins Photography
• Technical Info
  Canon 5d Iv 24-70mm F2.8 Lens & 70-200mm F4 Lens
• Photo Date
  October 2017

Over two days in October the annual Golden Eagle festival is held in the desolate Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia. Around 100 traditional eagle hunters gather from around Bayan Ulgii province to participate in this event with their specially trained golden eagles. The festival celebrates both the honoured golden eagle and Kazakh heritage, where the nomadic hunters and their birds of prey compete in various competitions. Other Kazakh traditional games such as Kyz Kuar, a race between man and woman on horseback, entertain the local crowd.

Sarah is a freelance photographer who lives in Sydney Australia, but her wanderlust for travel has taken her to all corners of the globe; to 135 countries and all seven continents. She shoots travel and portrait photographs on a freelance basis. Her interest in disappearing cultures takes her to some of the more remote parts of the world. Sarah's images have been awarded international photography awards. Sarah is also the director of SignaturePhoto Photography Courses.