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Lome, Togo 2000 A bird’s eye view of the Grand Marche’ in Lome. It’s a woman’s world. Now and then a man with flowing robes would stride through the crowd, but it’s the women, the “Madam Benzes”, who carry on the business of buying … Continue reading
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Togo, West Africa 2000 It was almost dark when we arrived at this market. This lovely young girl was staying until she sold the last of her tomatoes. She was surprised to have me take her photo as she walked through … Continue reading
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Togo, West Africa 2000 We weren’t too far from Lome, the capital of Togo, when we arrived at this village. The villagers had gathered around the tiny plaza between their mud huts. The drummers were getting comfortable at one end … Continue reading
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Lancaster Pennsylvania sometime in the 90’s. We passed a cornfield where a team of six draft horses pulled a harrow across a the land. They were driven by a boy wearing a straw hat and overalls. The boy didn’t want his photo taken … 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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Lome, Togo 2000 When I have a camera with me, I always “keep a lookout” (as we say down south) for a person, place or happening that is photo-worthy. We’d just finished eating a late lunch in Lome, Togo and had … Continue reading
