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Kyrgyzstan 2012 Torie loved these little trailer like houses. We’d see them sitting forlornly in the middle of an empty prairie or next to a railroad track. They looked, to me, to be an old railroad car with the wheels … Continue reading
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Syria 2010: Before the troubles a man could earn a bit of “tea money” by shining shoes. Here a grandfatherly man sits peacefully in the sun and waits for a customer. Indigo tribal tattoos cover his right hand, a sign that … Continue reading
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Morocco in the late 90’s. A young Berber man watches his family’s flock of sheep. He is dressed for the cold with multiple layers and a hand-woven wool djellaba over his shoulder. He carries a home made ‘thermos’ of a … Continue reading
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Drepung Monastery, a few miles outside of Lhasa 2007 A pious Buddhist woman rushes past prayer wheels carrying a thermos of ghee. She wants to contribute some ghee to the lamps flickering at each shrine in the rambling monastery and she must run to carry out … Continue reading
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Siem Riep, Cambodia 2011 Most of the time this road is packed with western tourists and it’s easy to give up on getting a shot of a long row of the statues. I didn’t succeed the first time I visited … Continue reading
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St. Petersburg, Russia 2009 A bride and groom stopped their wedding cavalcade to pose for photos in front of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. The bride pirouetted and posed. The groom took her in his arms and “dipped” her until her golden hair … Continue reading
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Himachal Pradash, Northern India 2006 As we descended from the Himalayas of Jammu Kashmir in late September, we crossed into Himachal Pradesh. Shepherds drove their flocks down from the high meadows. The lambs, who had been born during the summer, couldn’t … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 I have many photographs of Bokhara because Torie and I spent at least four full days there. We wandered and explored, passing the same streets, saying hello to the same vendors until we arrived at the point where … Continue reading
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Lhasa, Tibet 2007 Drepung Monastery This little cat has its work cut out for it. I’ve read that Buddhist Monasteries have a large rat population because Buddhists don’t believe in killing anything, not even a nasty rodent like a rat. In … Continue reading
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Erfoud, Morocco 1997 A young Berber man polishes fossils on a back street in this small desert town. Dust from grinding the stones covered the man and his surroundings. He used his chech (turban) to try to protect his nose and … Continue reading
