I am from Xinjiang

A Uygur photographer wants to tell the stories of the Xinjiang people, who simply want to live, survive and hopefully thrive, he says, just like everybody else. Guo Yali reports.

Kurbanjan Samat started working on his photography project "I am from Xinjiang" late last year, documenting the everyday lives of the people from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region who are living elsewhere in the country. He hoped to capture their hopes, dreams and ambitions, proving that this often maligned group are no different from anyone else.

But after the terrorist attack at Kunming Railway Station on March 1, in which 29 people were killed and more than 130 were injured, Kurbanjan's project has taken on a new urgency.