
Juan Luis Morales



Our itinerary, which purposely overlapped with some of the routes taken by Marco Polo and Baron Von Richthofen, revealed many emblems that once seen could not be forgotten. The constant challenge was to capture the vast accumulation of information and the varied images encountered, in order to discern the recurring signs that help form a redundant memory on which the silk road’s temporal transcendence is based.

Teresa Ayuso
Atelier Morales
THE VOYAGE
In the summer of 2018, Global Forum Resources sent photographers (AKA Atelier Morales) on a 13 000 km land voyage across China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.
CHINA
From Shanghai to Fenhuang ----1 671 km












Nanhuashan

Bund / Cheryl Square
Oriental Pearl Tower
Shangaï Museum
Zhujiajiao
Lingering Garden
Temple of Soul's Retreat
Leifeng Pagoda
Longjing Village
Tang Quan Lu
Linshen
Yueyanglou Park
Zhanggiajie
From Fenhuang to Xi'an ---- 2 997 km

Market of Manchuanguanzhen
Quiangling
Terracotta Army Museum
Small Wild Gosse Pagoda
Muslim District
Ancient Mosque of Xi'an
Buddhist Temple Nanhuashan National Forest Park
Temple of Xianfo
Fortress of Enshi
Hydrolic Central The Three Gorges
Wudang Mountains
Danjiangkou








From Xi'an to Jiuquan ---- 5 086 km












Xining
Danxia
Jiuquan

Maijian Grottoes
Tianshui Museum
Mosque Humen Yao Shui Bei
Xindianzhen
Bingling Temple
Pedestrian Center of Datong
Ancient Frotress Ruins (Himalaya)
Giant Buddha Temple
Zhangye Dabxia National Geopark
Jiuquan
Catholic Church
Rampart
From Jiuquan to Khorgos ---- 7 669 km

Dunhang Night Market
Crescent Lake Oasis
Muslim Cemetery
Gaochao Ruins
Qiatekalexiang Village
Mosque of EMIN
Aibi Lake
Sayram Lake











Kazakhstan
From Horgos to Tamozhnya ---- 9 604 km















Kolsai
Dachi
Saty
Akyrtas
Taraz
Tamozhnya

Old Mosque "Zharkentskaya Mechet'"
Canyon of Charyn Mirador
Kolsain Lake "Jezioro Kolsai"
Kaindy Lake "Ozero Kaindy"
Alatau National Park Isle
Meteorological Observatory of Assy
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Otrar Ruins
Aqua Park of Shymkent
San Nicolas Orthodox Church
UZBEKISTAN
From Tachkent to Noukous ---- 12 221 km

Mausoleum Kaffal Shashi
Madrassah Baroqxon
Mosque Abdulla Murodxo'Jayev Nomozgokch
Popular Market Tchor
Paper Factory
Necropolis Royal Shakhi Zinda
Oulugbek Observatory
Mausoleum Amir Kemur
Bolohause Mosque
Nakchbanoy Madrassah
Mohi Hossa Summer Palace
Ruins of the Fortress of Touprak Kala
Museum Davlat San't Muzeyi










AZERBAIJAN
From Baku to Baku ---- 12 926 km















Gobustane
Sahil
Yanar Dag
Atechgah
Shamakhi
Ismaili
Qabala
Turyanchay

Baku International Sea - Trade Port
Khazar Islands
Mosque Bibiheybat
Bayraqq Meydani
National Museum of Carpet
Cultural center Heydar Aliyev
Temple of Eternal Fire
Madrassah Haci Pasa
Shaki Khan Palace
BELARUS, RUSSIA, GERMANY

BELARUS
Customs Clearance Kaliadzicy
Schomys'litsa Forest
Stantsiya Minsk-Passazirskly






RUSSIA
Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port
National Park of Isthme of Courlane
Bashnya "Dona" Castle
Park Yunost Kaliningrad
Knaypkhof Island
Krantz Village
GERMANY
HHLA Container Terminal Alternwerder
St Pauli Fischmarket
Sankt Pauli - Elbtunnel
Spicy's Gewursmuseum
Hafen City
Handelskammer Hamburg
Hamburg Central Station