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Yunnan Province, China 2005 A Chinese farmer heads home for the day. He carries a typical basket on his back. Farmers don’t leave home without it. They carry their tools in it, throw the harvested crop in it and maybe … Continue reading
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India: on route to Agra or maybe it was somewhere else…2004 It’s rare to see buskers like these with their ‘pet’ animals. I’m guessing they are gypsy men as keeping ‘dancing’ bears used to be common among gypsies where ever … Continue reading
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Beijing, China 2007 If I’m going on a tour, I like to arrive a day early to adjust to the time change. Sometimes I sleep the whole 24 hours and sometimes I go for a wander. On this day, my … Continue reading
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Damascus, Syria 2010…in the Hammadiya Souk The coppersmith’s souk is on a dark alley: small workshops where sweating men hammer out copper utensils. The lack of light contrasts with the flame of the forge. Atmosphere galore, as we used to say, but … Continue reading
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Northern Togo 2003 We were driving to Lome zigzagging through the landscape to see as many traditional African customs as possible. We arrived in this village after dark. A fire blazed brightly. Villagers milled about in the shadows staring at us. We were the … Continue reading
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Yunnan Province, China 2005 Back in the day when I began photography class, there was a best selling print of mountain silhouettes done in various hues. I wanted to make a photograph like that one, but have never succeeded. The memory faded but didn’t … Continue reading
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Bagan, Burma 2011 Nat Taung Kyaung Monastery: I used Photoshop to make this look as if I’d had a fish-eye lens. Go to transform>perspective and straighten the towers. Then open transform> warp and exaggerate the aspect of the photo that you … Continue reading
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West Africa 2000: A Somba village in Northern Benin After we had looked around the village, Alberto got the idea to offer money to the men if they would fight. The Somba are known to be fighters and still use … Continue reading
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Varanasi or Benares, India 2006 I was impressed by the rickshaw men of Varanasi, peddling or pushing their heavy loads whether animal, vegetable or mineral through city streets which were slick with a muddy slurry. They were slender. What rickshaw man isn’t? But they were strong… strong physically … Continue reading
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West Africa 2001 An old Somba man smokes a pipe outside his castle-like home in Northern Benin. His clothes are tattered. Most likely he doesn’t care because he doesn’t need clothing to protect him from the weather. I think he is … Continue reading
