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Erg Chebbi

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Morocco, Tafilalet Region 2005 The Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco’s great tourist attractions. The once sleepy town of Merzouga now has at least thirty hotels. Most are owned by the Berbers of Ksar Merzouga. The first Berber to start a … Continue reading

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A Burkina Faso Woman

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Burkina Faso (West Africa) 2001 Blind now. Old and alone, she sits in her tiny home lost in thought. Despite her handicap, she takes care of herself. Her dress is freshly laundered. Her home is clean: her possessions neatly stacked in … Continue reading

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Holy Day in Addis Ababa

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2013 An old man who looks as if he could remember the coronation of Haile Selassie reads his prayerbook as he sits outside Holy Trinity Cathedral. I’m not positive, but judging his head covering, he is a … Continue reading

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Damascus, Umayyad Mosque

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Damascus, Syria 2010 One of the largest and oldest mosques in the world, the Umayyad Mosque was built on the site of a Christian Basilica dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The mosque is located at the end of the … Continue reading

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Greek Village

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Island of Santorini, Greece 1990 or thereabouts I’m pretty sure this is the village of Oia, which is on the other side of the island from Santorini. I compared this with the images on Google, but I’m not sure because now there … Continue reading

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Celebration at Tchit

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Mauritania 2005 At dusk the entire population of Tchit began to stream out of their homes and, chattering happily, they hurried through the narrow sandy alleys to a field at the edge of the village. Drummers standing on one side … Continue reading

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China’s Li River

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China 2003 A boat filled with tourists chugs down river, or maybe it is up river. Not sure. Tourists are big business on the Li River. Fishermen who used to spend their days and maybe nights fishing with cormorants now … Continue reading

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Ruins on Cedar Mesa

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Cedar Mesa, Utah, U.S.A. 2013 I shot many different angles of the ruins. The usual viewpoint is a horizontal but this one shows more of the rock overhang. Some sections of the overhang look like silk banners. These sections are formed … Continue reading

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Working People

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Ethiopia 2013 The hills above Addis Ababa are covered with woods. A soft rain dripped on the leaves and on this young man who stood on the verge with his hats. Our photographer teacher/guide spotted him and began to photograph … Continue reading

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Locked and Loaded

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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013…a Mursi village He didn’t seem frightening, even with his Kalashnikov that he, distracted by my new friend, Elizabeth,  pointed in my direction several times. I wasn’t sure it was loaded. How would I know? I wondered … Continue reading

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