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Tokyo-based photographer Hajime Kimura didn’t have an easy time finding a slaughterhouse that would allow him to photograph on the premises. With his project Tracks, Kimura’s aim was to show all aspects of the uses of horses in Japan. For this, he needed to photograph in a slaughterhouse because horse is eaten in Japan. It’s neither eaten often, nor is it a delicacy or controversial. Because horses cost far more than other animals to raise and maintain, it’s expensive. Kimura guesses that farmers consume it more than anyone else for the simple reason that they have access.

Deep within the midst of the Great Liangshan Mountains reside the Yi people, one of China’s ethnic minorities holding tight onto their traditional way of life in the face of a fast-developing society.