The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 15, 2026

A vertically oriented gelatin silver print features a boy centered against a textured wall, wearing a dark cap and sweater. To the left, a bicycle rests beneath a hanging birdcage. To the right, a man in a suit walks toward a dark opening near a second hanging cage. Harsh sunlight casts long, stark shadows across the ground. The white margin at the bottom is signed in cursive, Kevin Bubriski.

At a Bird Bazaar

1998, printed later

Kevin Bubriski

(American, b. 1954)
America
gelatin silver print
Transfer from Ingalls Library 2023.211
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

In the Uyghur culture, special breeds of pigeons can be as expensive as sheep.

Description

This photograph was taken at the bird market in Kashgar, a city in the Xinjiang region of China that was a center of Uyghur culture. The Uyghurs are a Muslim ethnic minority of Turkic origin. They raise pigeons as a hobby. The photographer, who spent time in Kashgar in 1998, wrote that “their greatest joy is to stand on their rooftops and watch their pigeons fly.”
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