Matthieu Paley | Archives

Show Navigation
  • Archives
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Contact
All Galleries

Central Asian meanderings

64 images Created 11 Feb 2021

Anything that ends with a "stan" will have my attention.
Here are some wanderings across Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan and the smells of the old Silk Road.
View: 100 | All
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Loading ()...

  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_06.jpg
  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_08.jpg
  • Nomads and their yurts. Lush landscapes around lake Issyk Kul. Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_13.jpg
  • Lush landscapes around lake Issyk Kul. Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_12.jpg
  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_10.jpg
  • Esbolov Saylau (Karakalpak man), owner of the only hotel in  Moynaq, now adandoned. Sits under a painting of the Sea in the late 70's.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_04.jpg
  • Esbolov Saylau (Karakalpak man), owner of the only hotel in  Moynaq, now adandoned. Sits under a painting of the Sea in the late 70's.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_06.jpg
  • Ironic... a house interior from one of the rare inhabitants, in Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_03.jpg
  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_22.jpg
  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_21.jpg
  • The former shore of the Aral sea. now 180 Km away.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_27.jpg
  • The former shore of the Aral sea. now 180 Km away.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_28.jpg
  • Abandoned sanatorium in Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_13.jpg
  • Near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_15.jpg
  • Two russians, Alec and Tokin, are going fishing on Song Kol (3300m) in the middle of winter, cut from the outside world 6 months of the year.
    Kyrgystan_SongKol_1100_06.jpg
  • Under the moon light, the boat of 2 russian fishermen at Song kol Lake, in Kyrgystan in winter. West of Issyk Kul.
    Kyrgystan_SongKol_1100_07.jpg
  • PIotr Ivanovich, born Moynaq, 75 yrs old, thinks of days when he was the captain of his boat, now beached in the desert near Moynaq. Eyes blue as the long gone sea!<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_10.jpg
  • PIotr Ivanovich, born Moynaq, 75 yrs old, thinks of days when he was the captain of his boat, now beached in the desert near Moynaq. People are extremely poor in this region.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_12.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_25.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_21.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_17.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_22.jpg
  • The famed Kalta Minor minaret, at the entrance of the ancient preserved city of Khiva, redondent of slave caravans barbaric cruelty and terrible journyes across deserts, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_26.jpg
  • View over the old preserved city of Khiva, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_25.jpg
  • Streets of the old preserved city of Khiva, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_27.jpg
  • Central Asia's tallest minaret, the Kalon Minaret, shot from the Kalon Mosque, Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road.  Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_06.jpg
  • Portrait of Uzbek women in Samarkand.<br />
 Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road: Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva, Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_37.jpg
  • Unusual sense of fashion and make-up. Women selling nuts at a market in Samarkand show a typical make-up feature of Uzbek and Tajik women - the "joined" eyebrow.<br />
 Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road. Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_35.jpg
  • Mir-i-Arab Medressa, most famous mosque  in the the fabled city of Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_05.jpg
  • Mir-i-Arab Medressa, most famous mosque  in the the fabled city of Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road. Viewed from top of the Kalon Minaret. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_04.jpg
  • Entrance of Guri Amir Mausoleum, where Amir Tumir was buried with his 2 sons in the fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_20.jpg
  • Mir-i-Arab Medressa, most famous mosque  in the the fabled city of Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road. Viewed from top of the Kalon Minaret. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_03.jpg
  • Mir-i-Arab Medressa, one of the most famous mosque in the the fabled city of Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_02.jpg
  • Portrait in a Chai Khana, a "tea house" in Bukhara. Through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road. Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_31.jpg
  • Mir-i-Arab Medressa, one of the most famous mosque in the the fabled city of Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_01.jpg
  • View of the Ark fortress in the fabled city of Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_08.jpg
  • View over the Tilla-Kari medressa from the Ulughbelk medressa at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous building and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_12.jpg
  • Interior of Guri Amir Mausoleum, where Amir Tumir is buried with his 2 sons in the fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_21.jpg
  • View of the Sher Dor Medressa at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous building and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_11.jpg
  • View of the Sher Dor Medressa at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous building and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_10.jpg
  • Uzbeks heading to the market, passing in front of Bibi-Khanym Mosque in the fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_18.jpg
  • View of the Sher Dor Medressa at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous building and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. This is the only mosque in the muslim world decorated with animals on it - something that is usually frowned upon  in islamic architecture. Only the name of Allah can usually be depicted. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_09.jpg
  • In the old preserved city of Khiva, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_24.jpg
  • Uzbeks speaking theology in front of Bibi-Khanym Mosque in the fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_19.jpg
  • Uzbeks coming on pilgrimage at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous building and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_17.jpg
  • An Uzbek admiring mosaic of the Ulughbek Medressa, while on pilgrimage at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous building and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_16.jpg
  • Uzbeks coming on pilgrimage at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous set of mosque and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_15.jpg
  • Portrait of Uzbek women in Samarkand.<br />
 Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road: Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva, Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_38.jpg
  • Uzbeks coming on pilgrimage at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous set of mosque and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_14.jpg
  • Uzbeks coming on pilgrimage at the Registan, Samarkand's most famous set of mosque and a symbol of Central Asia's architecture. The fabled city of Samarkand, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_13.jpg
  • Kids at the Mir-i-Arab Medressa, most famous mosque in the the fabled city of Bukhara, on the ancient Silk Road. Uzbekistan.
    Paley_SilkRoad_07.jpg
  • A fashion show held in the Nadir Divanbegi Medressa, in Bukhara, one of the rare evening entertainment.<br />
Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road. Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_22.jpg
  • Silk making, Ubekistan.<br />
Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road.  june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_28.jpg
  • Silk making, Uzbekistan.<br />
Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road.  june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_29.jpg
  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_27.jpg
  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_23.jpg
  • Spice seller in downtown Bukhara.<br />
Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road: Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva, Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_30.jpg
  • Unusual sense of fashion and make-up. Women selling nuts at a market in Samarkand show a typical make-up feature of Uzbek and Tajik women - the "joined" eyebrow.<br />
 Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road. Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_34.jpg
  • In the streets of Samarkand.<br />
Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road. Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_33.jpg
  • In the streets of Samarkand.<br />
Travels in Central Asia through the ancient cities of the old Silk Road. Ubekistan. june 2006.
    Paley_SilkRoad_32.jpg
  • Paley_SilkRoad_39.jpg
  • The Amu Daria shortly before drying out in the Aral Sea.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_01.jpg
  • Issyk Kul lake. Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_02.jpg
  • Travels through Kyrgystan, along the Silk Road. June 2006.
    Kyrg_SilkRoad_0606_03.jpg
View: 100 | All