"It was the contrast that struck me most ― they have cars and iPhones, but hunt on horseback with eagles." #YearInFocus Canadian #photojournalist Kevin Frayer, based in Asia, travelled to the northwest mountains of Qinghe County, Xinjiang, northwestern China to capture the Kazakh people who use #eagles to hunt. “The amazing thing about this experience was seeing how they manage to maintain this tradition of eagle #hunting in a country modernizing around them. It’s not that they’re trying to avoid this reality. Rather, it's practiced in an effort to promote and preserve #culture for future generations." Image: Chinese #Kazakh eagle hunters ride #horses in a local competition in the #mountains of Qinghe County, Xinjiang, northwestern #China | January 29, 2015 | #📷: kevinfrayer | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews Click the link in our bio to download Year In Focus 2015, available on #iBooks - gtty.im/ibooks