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Theodore Kaye

American-born photographer Theodore Kaye spent his childhood in China, India and Indonesia. After graduating from Yale, where he studied Uzbek and Farsi, Kaye moved to central Asia to work as a newspaper editor and mountain guide before settling on a career as a photojournalist. So how did his work end up at Blinking Light Gallery in tiny Plainfield? Kaye is married to Plainfield native Leah Jamele. The two live in Tajikistan but are in Vermont for his show, which runs through January 27. Kaye’s photographs, which capture daily life in central Asia, include a captivating series on buzkashi, a popular sport in the region, which is a lot like polo on horseback except, instead of a ball, it’s played with a headless goat carcass. Pictured: “Horsemen.”