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Fantasy Colors

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You should only show one photo of the same subject. You must be able to choose your best photo even if you love them all. When you return from your trip, don’t show all your photos, just your best. Your … Continue reading

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Oualata Design

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Oualata, Mauritania 2005 The English have a phrase: “house proud”. The people of Oualata seem to be house proud. Not only do the Moorish women decorate the interior with scrolling filigree designs but the exteriors have complex geometric medallions, silver and … Continue reading

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Harran, Turkey

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Harran, Turkey, 2008 We got to Harran just when the sun was too high. One of our group, who made money with her photography was incensed and began to complain loudly that there was no way we would get any … Continue reading

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Postcard from the Kremlin

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Moscow 2009 Shot from the bus window. I used to never shoot from the window of a moving vehicle, especially one that I couldn’t open. But when you are confined in a bus and you have a digital camera, well, … Continue reading

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Fearless in the Sahara

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The Infamous Salt Mines of Taodenni, Mali 2005 Men from Mauritania have driven their truck across the featureless sands of the Sahara to sell their merchandise to the miners at Taodenni. I say “featureless” but to denizens of the desert … Continue reading

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A Man with Ambition

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Ethiopia, Near Addis Ababa 2013 I think jobs must be hard to find in Ethiopia or else people there prefer to work for themselves. This young man sits on his homemade wheelbarrow and waits…for what? maybe for long haul truckers to … Continue reading

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The Window Shot

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Romania 2012 My first photography class was taught by a man who revered the masters: Stieglitz, Strand, Cartier-Bresson and others. He tried to mold us in their image, an impossible task. We’d go on field trips to museums where we’d … Continue reading

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Ladakh: Temple Doors

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  Ladakh, India, (once known as Western Tibet) The massive temple doors were draped with fraying scarves, a sign of respect among the Buddhists in Tibet. The contrast of the scarves and the deep maroon painted doors plus the brass fittings … Continue reading

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A Day at the Zoo

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Santa Barbara, California 2014 When our daughters were little, we used to take them to the zoo several times a year. We’d always have a wonderful day because the zoo was designed for children. Now that my daughter are grown, … Continue reading

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Manly Men

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California, USA 2011 I didn’t know I had this shot. I found it just this weekend… on a memory card in a small point and shoot that I carry now and then. Of course, a good photographer carries a camera at all … Continue reading

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