Nathalie Daoust
Nathalie Daoust (born March 31, 1977) is a Canadian photographer and contemporary artist. Biography Daoust studied photography at the Cégep du Vieux Montreal (1994–1997). Upon graduating, she moved to New York City, where she spent two years inhabiting and photographing the uniquely themed rooms of the Carlton Arms Hotel. These images comprise her first book, ''New York Hotel Story'', published in 2002. ''New York Hotel Story'' introduces many of the themes she grapples with in subsequent works, including identity, gender, sexuality, time and memory, and escapism. Her photographs focus on exposing hidden desires and dreams, frequently manifested in the margins of society. Too often this margin is inhabited by women, as many of her projects attest. From portraits of female sex workers in Brazil and Japan, to the role of women in contemporary Chinese society, Daoust explores the darker side of the construction of female identity. Daoust is led by her desire to understand ...
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Ger District
A ger district ( mn, гэр хороолол, ) is a form of residential district in Mongolian settlements. They usually consist of parcels with one or more detached houses or gers (hence the name), surrounded by two-metre high wooden fences. In other countries, gers are known as yurts. Most ger districts are not connected to water supplies, so people get their drinking water from public wells. For a warm shower or a bath, there are bathhouses. Since there is no sewer system, ger district parcels usually have a pit toilet. Small settlements, like sum centers, may consist almost exclusively of ger districts. Even in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, around 62% of the population live in such districts. However, only about 43% of the ger district residents in Ulaanbaatar actually live in gers.
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