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Bratsk, Russia somewhere near Irkutsk 1989. We flew Aeroflot from Tashkent to Irkutsk. Talk about having to wait in the airport. We were at the airport at 3 A.M. for a flight around 8 A.M. (We think that is normal … Continue reading
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Moscow 1989 Russian housewives of 1989 stand at the entrance to the Moscow Metro hoping to sell their goods. Some have fresh flowers to sell, maybe some have home baked piroshki or beet salad in a glass jar. Peddling is … Continue reading
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Burma 2011: A floating village on Inle Lake There are several families of the Padaung tribe who live in the Inle lake area. They live in floating villages and keep souvenir shops where the women, with their brass neck rings, are a … Continue reading
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Northern Togo (a country in West Africa) 2002 Have you read any of Alexander McCall’s books in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series? The main character, Mma Ramotswe, is a Botswana woman with a “traditional build”. The traditional build was once the beauty standard … Continue reading
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California, U.S.A. 2012: A Monarch Butterfly samples the nectar of a Bottlebrush plant. I recently bought a new camera. One with enough megapixels for the advertisers to boast that it is a replacement for a medium format camera. Medium format cameras … Continue reading
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Yaroslavl, Russia 2009 We took a river cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow and as we were leaving the quay, I shot this lovely little church. Of course, I thought they were all lovely, even the ones that were half … Continue reading
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Rangoon, Burma 2011 Two young men, dressed in longyi, check their phone for messages. Rangoon was, until recently, the capitol of Burma, but in 2006 the capitol was moved to a city in the north of the country. Vestiges of … Continue reading
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The castle, located near Cluj, Romania was begun in the 14th century and was owned by the Banffy family almost from the beginning. They were a prosperous family: active in politics, forestry, agriculture. The castle was the finest in Transylvania … Continue reading
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The souk in Fez Morocco 2009 My daughter and I stayed in what is called a ‘riad’ when we were in Fez. This is an old house, once owned by a prosperous Moroccan family, that has been converted to a … Continue reading
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South Seas Beauty I saw this woman in a small village market. Of course, I was attracted to her because she had a bundle of foliage on her head. She was busy shopping and I couldn’t get the shot I … Continue reading
