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Overcoming Inertia

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 Going to a new environment can be intimidating for photographers. I can say this because I know that professional photographers feel as I do. I attended a lecture given by two top women travel photographers and they gave us their … Continue reading

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Portraits, Plain and Painterly

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Portraits, one using Topaz Simplify Here is a photo I especially like.  The girl is a Rabari which is a tribe found in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India. Primarily they are shepherds or they raise camels. Nowadays, with the encroaching of … Continue reading

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Catfish Row

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We were hurrying to see the Heyward-Washington house when I noticed this sign and got a ‘grab shot”.  Catfish Row is the name given to what was known as Cabbage Row in historic times. It was an area where freed … Continue reading

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Moscow’s Red Square

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   This was shot in 1989. Gorbachev was in power and it was the beginning of Glasnost and Perestroika. Russians were glued to their radios and tvs trying to figure out what it would all mean to their lives. Lenin’s … Continue reading

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Smiling Faces

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 One of the delightful characteristics of the Indian people is their willingness to be photographed. I never have the feeling that I am being a nuisance when I hold up my camera with a hopeful look. I know I will … Continue reading

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Landscape with Kasbah

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Id Dougnidif In western Morocco, kasbahs are built with stone rather than adobe. Here is Kasbah Id Dougnidif. The name is a Berber name. Berber is a separate language, but now incorporates many Arabic words.   The kasbah is almost … Continue reading

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Three More from Romania

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Portrait of Romanian Woman I walked, uninvited, into this woman’s farmyard because I wanted to photograph her house. She stood on her porch gazing at me with amazement. I immediately loved the look of strength in her face and hands. … Continue reading

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Inside the Convent Walls

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A young nun peels beets in the convent garden. The basket was huge and most likely there were other baskets of beets waiting to be peeled. Evidently she has just begun as her hands are not stained with beet juice. … Continue reading

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The Painted Monasteries

The Painted Monasteries of Bukovina    In the northeastern corner of Romania, near the Ukraine border are the unique jewel box churches known as the painted monasteries.  St.Stephan the Great founded many of the churches in the 16th century. Frescoes … Continue reading

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A Romanian Holiday

  We arrived in Romaniaa few days after Ceausescu was killed. Of course, we didn’t plan it that way, but there we were in the basement of the Frankfurt airport lining up to get on the plane for Bucharest.  We … Continue reading

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