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"I first trekked to this place, alone, in September 2000, and
I had to turn back because of bad weather. I simply couldn’t get
it out of my mind, and in July 2001 I returned with Mareile. There
are no words to describe my feelings as I walked through these
harsh mountains. The earth was talking and I was waiting for
dinosaurs to show up around the corner! I shot one frame from the
Pakistani side, while Mareile, still on the Afghan side, reached
this fairyland pass at 5000 metres. We camped on a glacial moraine
that night and used dried dung for cooking. Unforgettable
pasta!"
Matthieu Paley, born and raised in France, has
been a freelance photographer for the last five years. He has been
obsessed with the remote and barren since his first expedition in
the Altai Mountains, western Mongolia, in 1998. In 1999, after
three years in New York, he started a trekking company in northern
Pakistan, learning to love and respect the Himalayas, the
Karakoram, the Hindu Kush and the Pamir Mountains. The solitude of
the mountains is his inspiration and he feels at home in his
four-season tent. While in northern Pakistan, he worked as a
photographer for the Aga Khan Foundation, in collaboration with
his wife, Mareile, a graphic designer. Matthieu’s photography
focuses on the mountain world and has been published in various
magazines including National Geographic Adventure, Outside,
Time and Discovery.
www.paleyphoto.com
info@paleyphoto.com
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