The black texture on the walls is a phenomenon called “The Angels’ Share”. In French “La part des anges” - or in this case, “an angel in waiting”. The black stuff is called “la torule” in French - Baudoinia compniacensis. A black fungus grows upon...

A patient to Pulmonary Hospital in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. From a collection of portraits supporting a research medical study funded by The Wellcome Institute and enabled by Dr. Rupert Jones at Plymouth University....

A patient to Pulmonary Hospital in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. From a collection of portraits supporting a research medical study funded by The Wellcome Institute and enabled by Dr. Rupert Jones at Plymouth University....

Marat Akimovich Sagymbaev, Director, Krygyz Research Institute of Balneology and Recovery Treatment. A collection of portraits from a rural community, deep in Kyrgyzstan At Bashi district. Part of a research medical study funded by The Wellcome Institute....

Deep in rural Kyrgyzstan, this centenarian lady has lived on her farm all her life. From a collection of portraits from a rural community, deep in Kyrgyzstan "At Bashi" district. Part of a research medical study funded by The Wellcome Institute and enabled by Dr. Rupert Jones...