Category: Food anthropology

Photographer Matthieu Paley joins the Hadza of Tanzania–the world’s last full-time hunter-gatherers. The Hadza work hard for their food and reward themselves generously with marijuana.

The people living on the Greek island of Crete love their wine and eat a rich variety of foods drawn from their groves, farms, and the sea. Photographer Matthieu Paley captures the joyful people that have lived on the Mediterranean diet long before it became a fad.

Matthieu Paley photographs the Bajau of Malaysia, who fish and dive for almost everything they eat. Some live in houses on stilts over the water; others live in boats where they sleep, fish, and cook.

Photographer Matthieu Paley travels to the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan where evening meals are a celebration not to be missed, with an assortment of chai and capatis sprinkled with apricot oil.

Photographer Matthieu Paley journeys to the Bolivian Amazon where getting a meal is a family affair for the Tsimane people, as children often scavenge for food and gut hunted animals.