This photograph is taken from a short series taken throughout my time with a a family from the Mentawai Tribe on the island of Siberut, Indonesia. I lived with them for just over a week and managed to gain a small insight into their ways of life. Even though we couldn't converse through English, my aim was to relate, observe and befriend these lovely people who isolate themselves within the surrounding jungle, and live peacefully away from the noise and distraction of today's first world technological reliance.

One thing that struck me the most was just how much they all smoked. They all smoke jungle spliffs, and here, Teteu, the Matriarch of the family, is taking a break from some of her daily tasks, and was watching me work with the camera across the other side of the hut. I spotted her squatting in the corner, and she was accepting in my request to photograph her giving me some inquisitive looks.