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SNAPSHOT Rigzin Angmo, Ladakh, India In 2023, I took an overland tour from Ladakh to Kashmir, leading a group of fellow photographers with my wife. During our journey, we took a back road to the village of Dah, one of four settlements of Brokpas near the India-Pakistan border. The isolated community claims to be descended from members of Alexander the Great’s army. Intrigued by their carefully preserved cultural heritage, we sought permission to photograph local families amid the village’s lush apple orchards. Here, Rigzin Angmo, a talented dancer who epitomised the warmth of the people we met, wears an ornate headdress adorned with an array of colourful wildflowers picked from the surrounding hills. MATTHEW BRANDON • PHOTOGRAPHER