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Tajik Butcher in Moscow (1)

Tajik Butcher in Moscow (1)

He has worked 15 years at the Dorogomilovsky market in Moscow. He says he works about 6-9 months in Moscow and then goes to his native Tajikistan to be with his family for a few months. 

Azeri Fruit Seller in Moscow

Azeri Fruit Seller in Moscow

I am going to post a few portraits from popular Moscow food market Dorogomilovsky, where i spent an hour shooting and talking with some workers. I will kick it off with the oldest veteran I met. This Baku-native said he has been working at the market for more than two decades. He sells fruits and vegetables. When I passed by, he was completing an order for one of my favorite Moscow restaurants. He said business has gotten tougher. 

Georgian Fruit Seller in Moscow

Georgian Fruit Seller in Moscow

She sells fresh and dried fruit from the Caucasus and Central Asia at the Moscow food market. Like many workers there, she grew up far from Moscow. She said she was Georgian, but raised in Abkhazia, and moved to Tblisi after the Georgia-Abkhaz war.