Ella Maillart: Fotografische Erzählungen

Maillart journeyed extensively through Central and East Asia between 1930 and 1939, driven by boundless curiosity and an interest in how other people lived. During her time in the USSR, China, Afghanistan and Iran, she witnessed the spread of Soviet rule in Central Asia, the emergence of post-imperial China and the birth of Manchukuo, the Japanese-controlled puppet state in Manchuria. She documented her travels in her writings and in the thousands of photographs she brought back to Switzerland, carefully annotating them upon her return.