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Scholar Slideshow: Aichurek Kadyralieva

  • Rose in front of a mirror
    DAAD-Open Society Mid-Year Conference, Fulda, Germany, May 2007: the composition of a single rose and an antique mirror. The reflection of another mirror seemed interesting to me. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Two pigeons touching beaks
    'Kissing Pigeons' Friedrichshafen at the Bodensea: such a tender moment. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Seashells on the sand
    Beach of south Spain, 2007: Experimenting with seashells. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Footprints in the sand
    Southern Portugal: footprints are leading somewhere mysterious and exciting. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Close up of leaves on the ground
    Munich, October 2007: The bright colors of fall were incredibly beautiful, with the fallen leaves signaling winter to coming soon. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Man working in Pinocchio's workshop
    Mister Geppetto, Rome, November 2007: his woodcarving work shop was just the same as what I imagined when I read “Pinnoccio” as a child. I plunged back into a fairy tale. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Trees with frost
    Winter 2007–2008 in Trier: freezing! Actually what you see at the pictures is not snow but frost: it didn't snow at all but it was so cold and damp it seemed like snow! But the days were very sunny and amazingly beautiful despite the temperature. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Frost on branches
    Winter 2007–2008 in Trier: freezing! Actually what you see at the pictures is not snow but frost: it didn't snow at all but it was so cold and damp it seemed like snow! But the days were very sunny and amazingly beautiful despite the temperature. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Frost on berries
    Winter 2007–2008 in Trier: freezing! Actually what you see at the pictures is not snow but frost: it didn't snow at all but it was so cold and damp it seemed like snow! But the days were very sunny and amazingly beautiful despite the temperature. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Clouds in a blue sky
    Trier, March 2008: spring has come and brought love with it. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Man looking out window, laughing.
    Trier to Luxembourg: my friends, Olesya and Florian: a moment of happiness and peace. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Girl standing in the middle of a road, smiling
    In the Suburbs of Luxembourg: a very good friend of mine, Sveta: with a diadem at her head and blue eyes she seemed like an angel. © Aichurek Kadyralieva
  • Woman
    Saarbourg, Germany: a trip with another good friend, Alya. © Aichurek Kadyralieva

With a keen eye and an ever-present camera, DAAD-Open Society grantee Aichurek Kadyralieva created a portfolio capturing the seasons during her scholarship at the University of Trier in Germany, a stay that took her on extended travels around Europe. 

To cap her scholarship period in Trier, Kadyralieva is currently interning at the Dresdner Bank/Commerzbank in Frankfurt.

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