Go behind-the-scenes of a National Geographic magazine article
to see how our photographers use technology in the field.
to see how our photographers use technology in the field.
Dispatch #5
My Nickname is Eye-Eater by Matthieu Paley
I had never seen a Kyrgyz woman smoke opium. Abdul told me she started when their first son died at the age of two.
I am feasting on leftover goat’s head soup while writing this. We spent a couple of hours in Tchelap with a Kyrgyz man named Abdul Metalib and his wife. They have both been addicted to opium for over 20 years. Before meeting them briefly on my previous trip in 2008, I had never seen a Kyrgyz woman smoke opium. Abdul told me he started when his first son died at the age of 2. He’s lost ten more kids since then ... unbelievable. His wife has been pregnant 11 times and yet they are childless. Somehow all this is taken fairly lightly. It is another world here. Read More
POSTED FEBRUARY 22, 2012
This is one in a series of dispatches sent from Afghanistan’s Pamir Mountains by photographer Matthieu Paley.
Related Posts
- ADVERTISEMENT -
View More Projects
Michael “Nick” Nichols uses remote-controlled cars and copters to photograph lions of the Serengeti like never before.
Joel Sartore drives his mobile studio to U.S. zoos to photograph endangered species from around the world.
Matthieu Paley treks across Afghanistan’s Little Pamir in the dead of winter.
Buy NG Photos
Special Issues