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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2013 I’d slept long enough after the flight from California. It was picture taking time! Camera in hand I walked slowly down the busy street in front of my hotel, peering in doorways and scrutinizing passers-by. In … Continue reading
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42 KM from Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 After our long drive through the cultivated hillsides, we arrived at a small village at the foot of a wooded mountain. A trail with a hand rail, thank God!, led up to the Church … Continue reading
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Northern Ghana 2001 We stopped in a village to see the Sudanese Mosque with its many pinnacles, each one a sculpture with its own personality . There was a cemetery in front of the mosque. A crowd of boys climbed over the tombstones. It … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 A Mursi family stands for a portrait. I particularly like the way they have painted their bodies. The circles traced on the hand prints is a nice touch. And they way the diagonal hand prints on … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 We drove for hours through the mountainous farmlands outside of Lalibella. The van bounced and shook over the rocky road. It rattled so loudly that conversation was impossible. Now and then the driver would holler back to me, “African … Continue reading
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West Africa 2001 Large trees surrounded the small fields of the village in Northern Ghana. The villagers, who live much of their lives outdoors, would do chores like millet-pounding in the huge circle of shade. Behind this Baobab tree, you … Continue reading
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Ethiopia, 2013: Somewhere near Arba Minch The Dorze seem rather modern compared to the tribes further south. You can see their homes in the background of this photo. Although traditionally they lived in large dome-shaped huts, they seem to prefer … Continue reading
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Omo Valley in Ethiopia 2013 A Hamar man ‘lays into’ a Hamar woman as part of the rites of passage into adulthood for a fellow tribesman. His expression is as concentrated as a surgeon’s as he strikes his blow. The men around … Continue reading
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2012 It rained almost every afternoon. At 8000 ft, the rain chills. A young woman huddles with her handmade brooms and mops waiting and hoping for a sale. I do notice some Chinese goods as well. The … Continue reading
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East of Erfoud, Morocco Water is hauled from a desert well by hand. The two men stand with toes gripping the sides of the well and use all their strength to get the bag, dripping and full, to the top. … Continue reading
