Fine Print: Tuva, Russia, 2018 Size:24 x 30 in (60 x 75 cm) His exquisite portraits of blossoming

His exquisite portraits of blossoming flowers

while the visual idiom inclines towards the cinematographic

In 1981 he shot what is now considered an iconic portrait of Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool

the toll is particularly severe

Fine Print: Tuva, Russia, 2018 Size:24 x 30 in (60 x 75 cm) His exquisite portraits of blossomingThe image shows an annual horse race that takes place during Naadym, the national festival of the Siberian region, Tuva. Every year, young men in the area race each other across a distance of 30km, on horses without saddles. The race usually takes place in August, when the high temperatures of summer have dropped, but in 2018 it was held in July. At 10AM, when Heitmann took this photograph, the mercury registered at 45 degrees.