ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 9月17日 22時00分

Photos by Matthieu Paley @paleyphoto I Sometimes just "getting there" is the main part of my job as a photographer. For my first National Geographic magazine story, in January 2012, I spent 40 days on assignment, with 28 days dedicated to the journey itself. The objective was to walk up the frozen Wakhan River in Afghanistan, a winter trek to the Little Pamir plateau (14,000 ft/4,300 m) to document the challenging life of the Afghan-Kyrgyz community here. Although I was familiar with the region from over a decade of intermittent work, winter in the Pamir was uncharted territory for me. The last outsiders to navigate the frozen river did so in 1972, leaving little information about conditions. I was excited yet apprehensive, to say the least. Being a new father, with my son just 11 months, brought added worries—what if the ice broke under my weight? Like most things that are scary in your mind, once you actually live through them, you understand them and they even become your friends… These are images from my expedition “commute”—extraordinary times spent on the edge of the story.

In these images:
A caravan on its way to the lower valleys; sleeping in a cave next to a river canyon in minus 30 temps; entering the Wakhan River canyon; reaching one of the three high-altitude passes we needed to cross; a man drinks from a spring; passing a lone opium dealer; a caravan leader looks for water to make tea; winter shepherds offer us hospitality; a yak herd reaches the plateau after a snowstorm; and sharing work with a Kyrgyz woman and her kids.

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