€800
We arrived at night, guessing our way up a steep hill. There was a house but no light; we called out. Darvish eventually arrived, he remembered me from 12 years ago! He gave hay to our donkeys and invited us inside. We sat next to the fire. Gul Dista, his daughter-in-law, was drying her hair in front of the open hearth, quiet moment like many others. Summer 2017.
On my sixth expedition to the Wakhan corridor, shooting a story for National Geographic on the Out of Eden walk. A 4-weeks trek from Afghanistan into Pakistan, across the Pamir and Karakoram mountains with writer Paul Salopek who is walking across the world on foot to retrace the ancient path of human migration.
Format: Archival print, printed with pigment ink on acid free Hahnemühle paper.
Limited Edition of 30
Signed and titled on the back.
Image Size: 50 cm x 50 cm
Print is sold unmounted
For custom size or other questions, contact studio@paleyprints.com
This print will be printed to order in Lisbon and will usually ship within 2 weeks of receipt of payment.
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