Wild Apple Forests
Personal memory by Daniya T.
1980s • Almaty, Kazakhstan
I remember wandering in wild apple forests just outside my city, Almaty (translated as "father of apples"). Apples are thought to have originated in our valleys. Now barely any wild apples are left — built over with mansions. An irrecoverable loss.
Memory submitted at One Life: Maya Lin, National Portrait Gallery, 2022
Image: wild apples, Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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