Matthieu Paley | Archives

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

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 768 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Like many Rajasthani shepherds, this shepherd crosses large stretches of India, feeding his herd of several thousand cows along the way.<br />
Rajasthan Province.
    DSCF25010.jpg
  • View over Nanda Devi, the highest mountain located entirely within India. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF03578.jpg
  • In a wheat field, a slash and burn fire gets out of hand in Madhya Pradesh. Agriculture fires are a huge factor for bad air pollution in India.
    DSCF23013.jpg
  • A rice field in central India.
    DSCF10826.jpg
  • Farmers next to a hay stack in rural India.
    DSCF12320.jpg
  • A slash and burn fire gets out of hand in Madhya Pradesh. Agriculture fires are a huge factor for bad air pollution in India.
    DSCF22992.jpg
  • Recyclers in Bhalswa, on top of one of the giant open air garbage dump which burns 24/7, creating toxic fumes.<br />
Delhi, India
    MMi53110_160405_1451.jpg
  • Radhika's grand-son is not mentally stable. He takes cares of Radhika as best as he can, lighting the fire in her room at night.
    DSCF06665.jpg
  • Grand son and daughter of Radhika, while she sleeps.
    DSCF06627.jpg
  • Since she can not stand on her legs anymore, Radhika's ambulatory is used to hang cloth.
    DSCF06529.jpg
  • Old posters illustrating Hindu gods and godesses.
    DSCF06443.jpg
  • Radhika is in her late 80's. She is not able to walk since a couple of years. She still lives at home, watched over by her grand-son.
    DSCF06404.jpg
  • Radhika's daughter covers her mother with a blanket.
    DSCF07113.jpg
  • A woman milking her buffalo under red light. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF01793.jpg
  • Radhika is in her late 80's. She is not able to walk since a couple of years. She still lives at home, watched over by her grand-son.
    DSCF01505.jpg
  • Smoke rises outside of Radhika's house.
    DSCF06966.jpg
  • Radhika carries her hand to her mouth to say goodbye.
    DSCF06445.jpg
  • A sky full of vultures.
    DSCF07258.jpg
  • A woman trying to get a cat down from a tree. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF03572.jpg
  • A old picture portrait of Sai Baba, an Indian spiritual master. Pink wall.
    DSCF04723.jpg
  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river. He carries water from the river in his tin can and all his belongings on his back.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF20227.jpg
  • A Vagabond.<br />
Chhattisgarh province.
    DSCF21940.jpg
  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF21886.jpg
  • Hindu pilgrims circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF24073.jpg
  • Oranges are laid out in front of Radhika's door.
    DSCF06714.jpg
  • Radhika's grand-son is not mentally stable. He takes cares of Radhika as best as he can, lighting the fire in her room at night.
    DSCF06588.jpg
  • A young yak is being washed. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF07068.jpg
  • A barefoot Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF21909.jpg
  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF21906.jpg
  • Detail of Radhika's hand, as she slowly turns around in her bed.
    DSCF06947.jpg
  • A mother and daughter under the full moon. Husband and son are living in teh cities, to try and get money. Rural exodus. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF03733.jpg
  • Pilgrims walking to Delhi.<br />
Uttar Pradesh Province.
    DSCF25081.jpg
  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF20224.jpg
  • A Hindu pilgrim couple circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF20243.jpg
  • Hindu pilgrim couple circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
    DSCF23068.jpg
  • Shot on the occasion of a Jagar. Jagar is a ritual in which Gods and local deities are waked, through intense rythmic music, from their dormant stage and asked for favors or remedies for certain problems plaguing the person. An expression of old folk Hinduism, close to Shamanism.
    DSCF03293.jpg
  • A white horse running below Nanda Devi, the highest mountain located entirely within the country. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF01108.jpg
  • A shepherd with his herd. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF01134.jpg
  • Thousands of letters on dices.
    DSCF21442.jpg
  • A banana seller and a white cat at a market.
    DSCF18314.jpg
  • Detail of an abandoned church near Hampi.
    DSCF17905.jpg
  • Child plays upside down in a hammac.
    DSCF15569.jpg
  • Fisherman walks with a fishinh net in his hand.
    DSCF13830.jpg
  • Lush coffee plantation and African Tulip tree in the hills near Coorg.
    DSCF18498.jpg
  • A horse rears back in a lake in Udaipur.
    DSCF24447.jpg
  • A Ranger on a motorcyle holds a snake that he has just caught in a house. It will be released in the wild, away from villages.
    DSCF19972.jpg
  • Coffee plantation and trees under heavy reain.
    DSCF19138.jpg
  • A woman and man play hand shadow puppet on a colorful orange wall.
    DSCF12335.jpg
  • Young brother looks tenderly at his older brother.
    DSCF16293.jpg
  • In Hampi, a pilgrim is being ritualistically sprayed water by an elephant, in a river. Near Virupaksha temple.
    DSCF17453.jpg
  • Woman does a head stand on a beach.
    DSCF13662.jpg
  • A sadhu goes through Garbage along the Ganges. In Rishikesh.
    DSCF10614.jpg
  • Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
    DSCF06285.jpg
  • Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
    DSCF06115.jpg
  • A teenage boy's room decoration in the Himalaya.
    DSCF05339.jpg
  • Hindu Pilgrim at the temple of Jageshwar. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF04505.jpg
  • Shot on the occasion of a Jagar. Jagar is a ritual in which Gods and local deities are waked, through intense rythmic music, from their dormant stage and asked for favors or remedies for certain problems plaguing the person. An expression of old folk Hinduism, close to Shamanism.
    DSCF02631.jpg
  • Evening falls in the Himalaya.
    DSCF00985.jpg
  • Hay stacks. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF02960.jpg
  • Men in a colorful restaurant. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF08953.jpg
  • Teenager girls in a colorful restaurant. Hand washing station in the corner.
    DSCF08943.jpg
  • Guests dansing at a traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
    DSCF05441.jpg
  • The futrure couple feed eachother their first meal. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
    DSCF05906.jpg
  • A sadhu making Hashish with marijuana, using his hand. Traditional. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF01337.jpg
  • A Sadhu smoking marijuana in his home. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF01255.jpg
  • Family portrait, in the Himalaya.
    DSCF02238.jpg
  • A child collecting firewood.
    DSCF00743.jpg
  • A boy trying to reach for high branches in a pine forest.
    DSCF00736.jpg
  • At sunset, childern play football in front of a view of Nanda Devi, the highest mountain located entirely within the country
    DSCF01086.jpg
  • A Sadhu in the jungle.
    DSCF20372.jpg
  • Man holding a Bible in an abandoned church near Hampi.
    DSCF17908.jpg
  • A boy dreams while sitting at the lunch table.
    DSCF16332.jpg
  • A man looks inside a camping car - camper van.
    DSCF15324.jpg
  • Fishing nets are laid out before being repaired.
    DSCF14993.jpg
  • Water is sprayed on a coconut tree, on a fisherman's land.
    DSCF13872.jpg
  • Fisherman cleans his net at sunset.
    DSCF13818.jpg
  • Child stands for a portrait at sunset.
    DSCF12543.jpg
  • Boy lays on his back in the ocean.
    DSCF12522.jpg
  • Child complains and cries because his feet are hurting while walking barefoot.
    DSCF13809.jpg
  • A woman dances, charmed by nature.
    DSCF18959.jpg
  • Boats returning at a fishing harbor in Goa.
    DSCF11421.jpg
  • Boy with closed eyes drift in the water.
    DSCF10980.jpg
  • Wearing no shirt, a religious clerk struggles over the temple's expenses. Venkateshwara temple.
    DSCF16425.jpg
  • A Sufi man proclaiming his love to God in the Ajmer Sharif Dargah mosque in Ajmer.
    DSCF24898.jpg
  • Aerial view over the Charminar district of Hyderabad city.
    DSCF19630.jpg
  • Mother and 2 sons swim in a river.
    DSCF22573.jpg
  • From the top of a truck, many fishermen fold a gigantic fishing net.
    DSCF14978.jpg
  • ENtrance of a temple in Pushkar (Sri Vaikunthanatha Swamy Temple).
    DSCF24862.jpg
  • Herons fly away at sunrise next to two boats on a beach.
    DSCF12891.jpg
  • Two brothers walk on an empty beach. Older brother throws a coconut in the air.
    DSCF13885.jpg
  • In Hampi, an elephant looks inside his Mahout's home. Near Virupaksha temple.
    DSCF17247.jpg
  • Boy looks at an elephant being washed.
    DSCF17391.jpg
  • Graffitis at the Meditation cells on top of the Beatles Ashram (Academy of Meditation ) in Rishikesh. In 1968, members of the Beatles and their wives practiced Transcendental Meditation under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
    DSCF09926.jpg
  • Night shot of wild fire in the Himalayan valleys.
    DSCF09703.jpg
  • A Himalayan vulture.
    DSCF09563.jpg
  • Sunset. Trekking around Tungnath, the highest Shiva temple in the world; one of the 5 temples of the Shaivite sect dedicated to the god Shiva. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF09408.jpg
  • A dog in a garbage bin saying "Use Me". In the Himalaya.
    DSCF03762.jpg
  • A tibetan woman walking on the road with truck. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF07365.jpg
  • A woman bringing hay back to her mountain village. In the Himalaya.
    DSCF07904.jpg
  • Carried out on the sedan chair. Emotional moment for the bride : she is leaving her childhood home in her village, moving away to her husband's home. Traditional wedding in the Himalaya.
    DSCF06324.jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x