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Mounted Police

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San Francisco, California 1961 This looks retro because it is! I shot this with my Kodak Retina IIIc. How I got such a good exposure is beyond me. LUCK. It happens. I was a military nurse and my friend and … Continue reading

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Photographing “Huge “

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Rangoon, Burma 2011 When you want to photograph something as large as the Shwedagon Pagoda or the giant Buddha, what can you do to make it interesting? You can show the crowds below, of course, or try to find a … Continue reading

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The Dassenetch Tribe of Omo Valley

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Ethiopia, Omo Valley 2013 A Dassenetch woman poses with a vessel made from a gourd. I noticed that the Dassenetch women decorated their gourds in a similar style to the Wodaabe of Niger. Many tourists came to the village on this day. … Continue reading

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The Dacha

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  Russia, 2009 A digital painting of a Russian family enjoying a summer day by the river.

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At the Dongguan Mosque

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Xining, China 2007 She might have to beg, but she has pride. She turns her face away from my lens. She is ashamed to be photographed by a foreigner. I would be, too. She has come to the largest mosque … Continue reading

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Rabari Art

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Gujarat, India 2009… A Village in Kutch A Rabari woman adds gold thread to red silk. We visited some master needleworkers and some women who were just learning. The skillful women taught the less skillful. The village women know that they can earn … Continue reading

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High Unemployment

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I was about this young man’s age when I saw him in Istanbul so long ago.  He looked physically fit. He sat patiently, all curled up into himself, and waited for a customer. He seemed resigned to the will of … Continue reading

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An Afternoon in Rissani

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Rissani, Morocco 1997,  A Visit to a Kasbah I hired a Berber man to lead me through the large castle-like kasbahs of Rissani. These are fortified apartment houses. Long, dark tunnels thread in all directions lit only (in those days) … Continue reading

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The Lowest Caste

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Rajasthan, India 2005 A tiny girl dressed in flowing skirts, veils and jewelry performed for tourists at a turn in one of the winding streets leading into Jaiselmer Fort. Her eyes, ringed with kohl, revealed her shy nature as did … Continue reading

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Life in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia, south of Addis Ababa 2013 Less than a hundred miles from the capital city of Addis Ababa, we came upon these herders watering cattle. The cattle represented the tribe’s wealth and the young men had the responsibility of their … Continue reading

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