The Daily Life Of Modern Kazakh Nomads

Shepherd Panarbek Madiyar tends to sheep and goats inside an enclosure on the Assy plateau, some 90 kilometers east of Almaty.

A farmer's yurt is seen in front of a Soviet-era observatory.

 Nurtleu, who is 1 1/2 years old, pushes his stroller in front of his family's yurts.

Dzhamilya Boribayeva milks a horse.

Zhambytai Zhumaliyava and her granddaughter Ayazhan prepare traditional cheese curd balls, which are left out to dry.

A family shares breakfast inside their yurt.

Turgynbay Erkinbekov, 70, talks to his grandson Nurtleu.

 A newborn goat stands inside an enclosure.