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Road to Horizon

66 images Created 11 Feb 2021

Summer 1998 - 60 rolls of film, a backpack and 2 months of walking and hitchhiking across Mongolia, East to West. I was testing myself as a photographer. I didn't know what I was doing. This turned into a book titled "Open Horizons": https://paleyphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Book-Mongolia-La-Route-de-lHorizon/G0000PhYx_hrQ3qw/C0000YwS6KgetAbw
French video here : https://vimeo.com/17837827
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  • A summer settlement of yurts, also called Gers, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the Tsaast uul mountain. Husbandry is the main livelihood in Mongolia, but was victim of severe drough in the past few years.
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  • Under a half moon, beside a desert, a Mongolian nomad throws a line for fishing in the Bayan Nuur lake, Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • A 14 years old girl after milking her yak in the morning. A yak can weight up to 1 ton. Husbandry is the main livelihood in Mongolia.
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  • A marmot and wolf hunter takes a break while hunting in Western Mongolia. Husbandry is the main livelihood in Mongolia, and unfortunately many sheep get killed by wolves everyyear.
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  • A traveller across Mongolia, carrying his backpack on his back, threatened by an upcoming storm, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, in Western Mongolia. Mongolia is a camper's paradise with no land-ownership, you can virtually camp anywhere, there are no restrictions.
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  • Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia. It is also easy to rent camels from local nomads and take a ride through the Gobi desert.
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  • An Aksakal (a honorific title meaning "White Beard") hitchiking on the back of a truck, on his way to the market town of Khovd in Western Mongolia. The hat he wears identifies him as a eagle hunter, and is made of fox fur.
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  • A Kazak horsemen, wearing a felt hat on his head, poses with his white horse in Mongolia.
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  • Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia.
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  • An eagle hunter, called Aksakal (= white beard), returns home on horse back after hunting for rabbits, wolves and snow leopards, in Western Mongolis, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the Tsaast uul mountain. this hunting practice is the traditional hunting technic among Mongolians, Kazaks, Kyrgyz etc
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  • Camel riding in the Gobi desert
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  • Landscape in Mongolia.
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  • A Marmot hunter, dressed in apparel,  near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • Inside Jolon's yurt, the mutton meat is dried in summer in order to face the long winter months. Every yurt throughtout Mongolia is organized the same way - beds, saddle, cupboard, pictures, stove etc are always at the same location.
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  • Jolon holds his dog when visitors approach to his yurt, otherwis dogs might attack the traveller. To prevent a dog attack, local people signal themselves by shouting "Hold your dog" when getting close to a yurt in Mongolia.
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  • A horse man crosses the Arkhangai river close to Tsetserleg, in Central Mongolia. Mongolians learn to horse ride before they can even walk, they are expert hose riders...
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  • A young man proudly displays his eagle beside his yurt. Eagles, blinded in order not to bite its owner, are used to hunt to catch rabbits, baby wolves, marmots etc. The fur of these animals are sold in towns.
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  • A young man proudly displays his eagle inside his yurt. Eagles, blinded in order not to bite its owner, are used to hunt to catch rabbits, baby wolves, marmots etc. The fur of these animals are sold in towns. Wetsren Mongolia.
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  • A young Mongolian girl gazes up at the sky after milking her yaks, in Western Mongolia.
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  • Young Mongolian girls amazed at the rare sight of a foreigner. Young kids usually milk the family yaks every evening. Near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • Young Mongolian girls amazed at the rare sight of a foreigner. Young kids usually milk the family yaks every evening. Near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • Young Mongolian girls amazed at the rare sight of a foreigner. Young kids usually milk the family yaks every evening. Near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • A marmot, also called groundhog, or prairie dog, getting out of her hole in front of a yurt in Western Mongolia. Marmot are eaten on the barbeque (BBQ) on special occasions throughout Mongolia.
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  • Landscape in Mongolia with a yurt, the nomadic tent.
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  • Fetching water at a summer settlement of yurts, also called Gers, the traditional Mongolian house made of felt, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the Tsaast uul mountain.
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  • A Bactrian camel in Mongolia.
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  • An Ij Planeta, the most popular motorcycle in Mongolia, made in Russia.
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  • Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia. Mareile in the back of a truck, while hitch hiking.
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  • Matthieu Paley lifting off his tent to clean it. <br />
Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia.
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  • A yurt lit by the full moon, in Western Mongolia. A yurt, also called a Ger, can be taken down and packed on camels in less than an hour, making it the ideal house for nomads throughout Mongolia and Central Asia.
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  • A Kazak couple poses for the camera in their yurt in Western Mongolia. Kazak nomads are Muslim, mostly herders, living of their animals.
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  • A TV showing an old movie in a yurt, powered with solar panels. Mongolia.
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  • In a run down hotel in Mongolia.
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  • Mareile in a Hotel in Mongolia.
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  • Landscape in Mongolia.
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  • Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia. This trekker stands on top of Mount Tsast Uul, at 4150m, the highest peak in Western mongolia.
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  • Trekking and camping in a tent in Mongolia.
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  • Landscape with a cloud in Mongolia.
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  • Landscape with clouds in Mongolia.
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  • A young boy takes a break after fishing along a river in Mongolia.
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  • A young horse rider waits before the start of the Nadaam (Nadam) festival, a horse race taking place every year in Ulan Bator in summer. Young Mongolians usually learn to ride horses before they can even walk...
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  • Cloth drying on a wooden cart. Mongolia.
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  • Tow young kids near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia.
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  • A trekker wakes up in Mongolia. Mongolia is an ideal destination for avid trekkers with unlimited opportunities...
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  • Trekking and camping in a tent in Mongolia.
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  • A Mongolian family, (husband, wife and brother in the back), with their shepherd dog stand in front of their yurts close to Karakoram. They wear their traditional  Mongolian robe called a del.
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  • A summer settlement of yurts, also called Gers, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the TSaast uul mountain.The three headmen of the settlement sits in front of their yurts.
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  • Jolon, an old man of 75, has been a herder all his life, his weather bitten face is testimony to the rigor of life in mongolia. Husbandry is the main livelihood in Mongolia, but was victim of severe drough in the past few years.
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  • A young boy on horseback carrying a long pole to herd his livestock.
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  • Two young kids after a fight of the traditional mongolian wrestling game called Böz.
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  • A shepherd, holding a stick to gather his animals, takes his herd out, in Western Mongolis, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the TSaast uul mountain. Husbandry is the main livelihood in Mongolia, but was victim of severe drough in the past few years.
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  • A yak, in a settlement of yurts, also called Gers, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the TSaast uul mountain. Yak, sheep, camels and horses are the main livelihood in Mongolia, but was victim of severe drough in the past few years.
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  • A couple dance in front of their yurt after eating a Marmot BBQ stew and drinking vodka. Near Bayan Nuur lake, Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • A terrible driver, and a careless hunter, Erdenet holds a bullet in his mouth before grabbing his rifle and stepping out to shoot some wildlife such as the endangered Marco polo sheep...
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  • Trekking and camping near the Ureg Nuur lake, Uvz Province, Mongolia.
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  • A man of the Kazkah minority stands proud in front of his yurt in Western Mongolia, Baya Olgii province.
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  • A young boy stares in disbelief at the camera, right in front of his yurt, in Western Mongolia, on the border with Russia.
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  • A memory picture from a Mongolian family in ulan Bator, of a trip taken to Lake Baikal in Russia.
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  • In a former communist camp, drawing on the walls invite participants to feel at home...
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  • In every yurt throughout Mongolia, opposite from the entrance and beside the shrine,  are portraits of the family members.
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