Taylor Weidman Photographer
Taylor Weidman is an award-winning documentary photographer and co-founder of the Vanishing Cultures Project. His work focuses primarily on the effects of modernization and human rights issues. His photographs are featured in three books on the traditions of indigenous cultures: Mustang: Lives and Landscapes of the Lost Tibetan Kingdom, Mongolia's Nomads: Life on the Steppe, and The Xikrin: Indigenous Life in a Changing Amazon.
Featured Stories
Mongolian pastoral herders make up one of the world’s last remaining nomadic cultures.
Learn about the Xikrin peoples of the Amazon Rainforest and the dam that is threatening their homes and subsistence lifestyle.
Learn about the Moken, a seafaring people who have been living on the Andaman Sea in Thailand for centuries.
These photographs capture Nepal's efforts to protect irreplaceable cultural artifacts after the 8.7 magnitude earthquake in 2015.
Learn about the Dukha, traditional reindeer herders of Northern Mongolia.
These photographs document the resurgence of fish in the once nearly barren Aral Sea.