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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
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Damascus, Syria 2010 These food carts were a common sight in Damascus. Some sold corn on the cob. This man sells soup. His rather forbidding expression plus the pace of our little Kurdish guide kept me from going over to … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 A Gypsy man wanted to show us his horses. We agreed and we waited on the village street. He turned one horse loose and held tightly to the bridle of the other. The horses expressed their happiness by … Continue reading
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Two th Bagan, Burma 2011 Monks who live in a nearby monastery offer prayers in front of ancient Buddhas. More than two thousand temples and pagodas remain in Bagan where once there were more than ten thousand. The temples date from … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 Abore women pose near one of their homes. The poles form a fence for livestock. I imagine the goats or cattle are taken out during the day to graze but are brought home and corralled for safety. There … Continue reading
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Guelmime, Morocco 2000 Herds of camels burdened with goods or tourists are a common sight in the south of Morocco. Berber nomads use them to carry the heavy black wool tents when they move to new grazing lands. And every … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 The highway was a main artery north and south. Paved and with a line painted down the center meant that the boys on stilts could count on tourists stopping to photograph them. The tourists, like us, were astounded … Continue reading
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Gujarat, India 2009 Men set up their kite string shop on the side of a busy boulevard. One man reeled out the string along the roadside and others, like this man, applied ground glass to the string with bare hands. … Continue reading
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The Harvesters Gujarat, India 2009 All of the young people from the village worked to bring in the wheat. The women looked like walking haystacks as they hauled bundles of shocked wheat to the men who threshed the wheat by … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 A village near Bagan: a woman carries her baby and a supply of firewood as she hurries home. The baby held tightly to the rim of the basket. Otherwise he was as happy as any baby who is … Continue reading
