Kuĉ by Car - Iran

Saman and Saman - unrelated by blood, but sharing a name and age. Saman, on the left, grew up in Tehran and works with cryptocurrency. Saman, on the right, is part of the Bakhtiari tribe, growing up in the Zagros mountain range.

The difference between them struck me - in the comfort with the terrain, and social mannerisms.

The Bakhtiari are the last true nomads of the world, migrating between their winter and summer pastures twice a year. This journey is called the Kuĉ (kooch).

New roads were laid in the past 2 years, along migratory routes, commissioned by the Iranian Government.

The traditionalists brave the footpaths, and often, the lack of them. The wealthy embrace 10-wheelers for their flock.

Both, however, reap the benefits of new asphalt laid across old migratory routes.

And both face a government cautious of their lack of dependence and mercurial nature.