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Istanbul, Turkey 2009 I stood on the Sultanahmet side of the Golden Horn to shoot this. It was late afternoon. Strolling Turks enjoyed the sharp breeze blowing from the water. Fish restaurants on rocking, floating barges sold a freshly grilled fish sandwich to … Continue reading
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Gujarat, India 2009 In poor Indian families, girls start working as soon as they can run and fetch. Soon they are balancing water jugs on their heads, tending babies, taking the animals to graze to name just a few chores. Yesterday … Continue reading
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Utah, USA 2013: Monument Valley as seen from the highway to Bluff, Utah We noticed a tour bus and several cars parked along the highway as we drove north to Bluff. I glanced in the rearview mirror and saw this … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2013…Market Portraits I bet you’ve never heard the word “costermonger”. I hadn’t either until I read a Masie Dobbs mystery. It’s an old-fashioned term once used in England. It means a vegetable seller. This handsome woman sold her cauliflower in … Continue reading
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San Luis Obispo, California, USA 2011 This is a favorite memory. I was visiting my daughter: always a happy day for me. She and her husband tried to make my visit special by taking me out to photograph rare breeds … Continue reading
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Russia 2009: The Canals of the North A centuries old Orthodox church is slowly being destroyed by water. The village, which once surrounded and filled the church with worshipers, is long gone. Once Peter the Great gained control of the Gulf of … Continue reading
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Mali, West Africa 2005: The infamous salt mines of Taodenni Miners pitch in to help a friend prise a salt slab from the earth. The only tools they have are homemade pick axes. Their feet are bare or they wear … Continue reading
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China’s Yunnan Province 2005 Fall is supposed to have the fairest weather in Yunnan Province, but we had day after day of rain. I had prepared by buying about five of those one-time-use plastic raincoats. They cost 99 cents each and … Continue reading
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Beijing, China 2007: Outside McDonald’s What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than to take your Dad out for an ice cream cone? Is there a man or boy anywhere who doesn’t love ice cream? I know I bought some … Continue reading
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Northern Russia 2009 The days were cold and often misty. The cloud filled sky reflected the blue water of the glassy lake. Everywhere I looked it was the color blue. We were in a cocoon of blue. Light shimmered in … Continue reading
