Matthieu Paley

French photographer based in Turkey, contributor to National Geographic, married to a German wife with 2 boys born in Hong Kong. Having a great ride at life!

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/kQV3fshTfe

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The Victorious Lofty / صفر علی
- The Softness of Men -

An old wizard I met while bathing. “We have all come from the same stream, which has split into many rivers." https://t.co/3sbnh95N6I

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@thesavageapp @NatGeo I am not represented by Savage and my name is mispelt 😅

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I have felt the need to photograph air pollution for a couple of years, out of duty more than excitement - it’s actually more fun to document earth’s remote corners to show what’s at stake!.. Took... https://t.co/KCIua0u0iq

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Hindu pilgrims give offerings to a mud volcano in Baluchistan’s desert, Pakistan.
In 1947, Pakistan, or “Land of the Pure,” was carved into the Asian subcontinent. That August, the nation’s founder, Mohammad Ali... https://t.co/pqqXGcEg3Q

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Excited to finally have that story out on National Geographic! I first heard of the mud volcanoes of Balochistan while I was in Pakistan and I just couldnt believe it, I had to see it. Coupled with a Hindu... https://t.co/b5IQ7rKNIj

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And it's finally live!! thanks to Mareile's hard design work, my fine art print website is finally up and running. Super excited!
Please visit and share... ! https://t.co/dKGIpiTTfM

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See if you can find 4 of my images in here!

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I just donated one of my image to Out of Eden Walk to help them raise fund - to walk across the world! It's the Irshad pass, shot for National Geographic magazine,... https://t.co/CUl9cgKQsS

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@ASaleem @NatGeo And in the end, this is a real, ordinary, daily, and open situation in the Wakhan.

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@ASaleem @NatGeo As the Wakhi themselves point out, their vision of Afghanistan is far different from the values and standard of media of much of the rest of the country. Difference within a country shows its complexity, and what I find there is beauty in complexity.

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There are few shrines in the Wakhan, they are called « Oston ». They are places of natural beauty where this or that miracle happened... a spring, a rock with a strange mark on it or a spectacular tree. These are... https://t.co/1nUFUvB94J

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Rare moments of sneaking out of the van early, still fogged up and finding a path in the forest... Shot with the new Xiaomi/Google phone. #Xiaomi #XiaomiGlobalLaunch #MiA2 #MiA2Lite @ Portugal

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The river shore around a haircut. The change of style, dryness in the air, water play and the strands of hair flowing down, all not easy to let go. Shot with the new Xiaomi/Google phone. #Xiaomi #XiaomiGlobalLaunch #MiA2 #MiA2Lite @ Portugal

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We have been living in a van for the last 4 months, travelling across Portugal. Some pictures today from a « day in our van life ». In such close quarters (the 4 of us live in 9 square meters), watching the... https://t.co/TkATWy5821

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On his way back from school, I asked Iso to please take a break in the field. 502 belt and hand made sweater by his mother, a preoccupied stare. Next level hipster? On assignment for @natgeo #afghanhipster #coolestoutfit #502belt

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After a gruelling day under snow and losing path, the incredible feeling of finally reaching that divide, the... https://t.co/2uDoMSCCCo

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After a gruelling day under snow and losing path, the incredible feeling of finally reaching that divide, the... https://t.co/zFeDvovWPa