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Morocco: late 90’s Village woman drive their firewood laden donkeys back to the village after a long day in the desert. The fuel will be used to heat the communal oven. I’ve never seen a fire used for heating a home in … Continue reading
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Sahara Desert…somewhere near the border between Mali and Mauritania 2005 We camped near the family of these girls: several Touareg women and a multitude of children left alone in the desert near a water source. The skin of the women … Continue reading
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Fes, Morocco 2009 One of the many enjoyable pastimes when staying in a Moroccan city is to sit on the rooftop of a riad (an old home made into a bed and breakfast) with your camera and take advantage of the bird’s-eye view. My … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 It wasn’t the Epiphany when I shot this priest reading his prayerbook in one of the ancient stone churches of Lalibela. Today, January 6, is Epiphany, the day that commemorates the visit of the Three Wise Men to … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 Portrait of a young Karo girl of the Omo Valley. She has what looks like a nail piercing her lower lip. Most Karo women had a feather stuck in this piercing. Maybe she has to wait … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 Large trees like this one dotted the landscape. Elizabeth and I spotted one that was the “granddaddy of all trees” but we didn’t ask the driver to stop. It stood alone on the verdant, lush grassland: its symmetrical branches spreading … Continue reading
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Mali, West Africa 2001 We had hiked high into the Bandiagara Escarpment to visit a small village of Dogon. When we arrived, it was difficult to tell who had come to see whom. The villagers gathered around us chattering and … Continue reading
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Chinguetti, Mauritania 2005 An ancient manuscript…perhaps a thousand years old…is shown to us by its owner. He was trying his best to take care of his patrimony, asking us not to touch. Believe it or not, one man in the … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 Black and white can simplify a shot to basic geometry. Here is a man’s shoulder covered in white clay with designs etched by a fingernail. His “wife-beater” undershirt and a wide necklace of red beads interspersed … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 She was attending mass at one of Lalibela’s ancient stone churches on St. Gabriel’s day. She sat with her friends on the hilltop alongside hundreds of worshippers, all wearing the white shawl called a shamma. Suddenly she was standing in … Continue reading
