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China 2005 We hear a lot about how China is going to eat our lunch economically. To give you another viewpoint, the viewpoint of a German economist, click on this link: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-12/u-s-is-no-1-china-is-so-yesterday I do recommend reading that article, but if … Continue reading
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Kerala, India 2009 African elephants are larger than Indian elephants but you wouldn’t know it by looking at this photo. I tried to get up close to shoot but the men told me to clear out. Elephants are dangerous and … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 Doesn’t this remind you of a story by Tolstoy? The two men walking down the road could well be smug officials who have threatened the poor mother and son who are trying only to make a living with their … Continue reading
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Addis Ababa 2013 A woman prays in the corner of the church courtyard. The woman didn’t know that I’d shot her portrait. She wouldn’t have liked it. I know that because our leader asked to take a photo and the woman angrily refused. … Continue reading
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Agra, India 2003 Sometimes you wish you could be alone at a famous landmark like the Taj. Unless you are important, you won’t be. You’ll be contending with tourists and caretakers and gardeners… unlike the ‘big boys’. One way to … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 Luckily I carried a full frame, all purpose lens on my crop frame camera. This allowed me to have a zoom of 400mm and enabled me to shoot a shot like this one. So very satisfying. I remember … Continue reading
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Moscow 2009 Another drive by shooting. If you are on a bus, then you must try to shoot from the bus window. Who knew shots could turn out so well? Well, some of them do, so we have to try. … Continue reading
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Togo 2001 We had driven from Lome into the bush where we parked by a canal and met some Togolese boatmen who had been hired to take us to a small ‘island’. It must have been near the ocean as when the … Continue reading
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A Dogon village in Mali 2001 or thereabouts I scanned some old negatives from a trip to Mali yesterday. I was hoping for a good shot of a Dogon village but because we arrived in mid-day, the monochromatic color of sun … Continue reading
Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 A Coptic priests gives out Holy Communion during mass in one of Lalibela’s ancient stone churches. A shaft of light dispels the dark shadow and highlights the gold embroidered vestments of the priest. The worshippers’ heads bow … Continue reading
