Dust, Mud, Snow

Getting way off the beaten path in our planet’s most remote, isolated and vulnerable places.

 

 

 
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 I’m Matt, co-founder of this blog and Inertia Network. I’m a geopolitics nerd, nature lover, and photographer dedicated to conservation and preservation in the most remote, vulnerable and isolated regions of the planet. My goal is to provide you with a healthy dose of inspiration and information to explore the lesser-known parts of our planet responsibly.

 

 

 

FEATURED CULTURE PHOTOSERIES

MEXICAN STREET ART

Reading Between the Lines of Mexico’s Most Incredible Street Murals

LATEST CULTURE PHOTOSERIES

 
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BEDOUINS OF THE EMPTY QUARTER
YEMEN   |   2020
The Rub’ al-Khali, or “Empty Quarter,” is Arabia’s most unforgiving and desolate desert. While it stretches thousands of kilometres across four countries, few people live here. For those who do, life has changed little over the last several hundred years. Camels, fire, family, goats, tribal traditions and Islam dominate life for the ethnic Mehri Bedouin of Yemen’s Empty Quarter.
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BEING A TOURIST IN AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN   |   2019
Afghanistan and tourism are not exactly synonymous, at least not since the hippy trail days of the 1960s. The country has been in a near-constant state of war and upheaval since the Soviet invasion. This is nothing new to Afghanistan, in fact, it was the calm years of the mid-1950s that were, in fact, unusual. However, as stability has come in fragile waves to parts of the country, the idea of tourism is being revisited.
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WADIS OF THE HADHRAMAUT
YEMEN   |   2020, 2019
A bird’s eye view of central Yemen shows vast, barren plateaus of sandstone. However, upon closer inspection, you will find deep canyons lined with small mudbrick villages. Along the bottom, abaya-clad women with pointy straw hats graze goats along ancient riverbeds. But bucolic life in these valleys is not as simple as it may appear; Al Qaeda continues to have an ebbing and flowing influence over these socially conservative valleys.
 

FEATURED NATURE PHOTOSERIES

HUMPBACKS OF THE PACIFIC

A project four years in the making documenting the South Pacific humpback migration.

LATEST NATURE PHOTOSERIES

 
 
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RAISING WHALE SHARKS
MEXICO   |   2020
Tucked away in a calm bay in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, large numbers of juvenile whale sharks spend their growing years here feeding before re-entering the open ocean as sexually mature adults. The reason they stick around this area for so long is the abundence of plankton, their primary fod source.
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CANADA'S COASTAL GRIZZLEYS
CANADA   |   2020
Between the northern half of Vancouver Island and the British Columbian mainland lies the world's second highest concentration of grizzley bears. This now proitected region forms the southern end of the Great Bear Rainforest, an ecological treasure trove both above and below the sea.
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HUMPBACKS OF THE PACIFIC
FRENCH POLYNESIA   |   2019, 2020
Every year thousands of humpback whales make the journey from their feeding grounds in Antarctica to the warm whallows of the South Pacific in order to give birth, mate and raise their calves. I have been documenting this annual calving season for the past four years.

Get in on my secret expeditions…

Every year I launch four secret expeditions to somewhere new open exclusively to my community. These expeditions are small-group, super selective, and you must apply to join.

Why? Because I want to ensure we have the best team possible to really get out there, support each other, and experience the most out of this world. While each expedition is different, I can promise one thing, it will be one fucking wild time.