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Gujarat, India 2009 We were visiting the home of the girl who bows her head. She wants to be the friend of the older, rather more adult-looking girl. And she is, for now. The older girl is curious about us. … Continue reading
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Longji, China 2005 A Chinese farmer inspects his rice crop at the top of the terrace covered mountain. Many of the farmers were old. Elderly men and women, dressed in the black costume of their tribe, strode up the steep hills … Continue reading
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West Africa 2001 Large trees surrounded the small fields of the village in Northern Ghana. The villagers, who live much of their lives outdoors, would do chores like millet-pounding in the huge circle of shade. Behind this Baobab tree, you … Continue reading
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Bagan, Burma 2011 Our tour leader, Win, (http://www.asiaphototravel.com) arranged for these three boys to be our models. We’d picked them up from the monastery where they happily abandoned their lessons for the day. Win instructed them to slowly walk toward … Continue reading
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Thailand 2007 The elephants stood about in the corral. Tourists, like me, could buy a bunch of bananas to hand feed them. The mature elephants chewed the whole bunch of fruit, skins and all. The babies would peel theirs. That … Continue reading
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Bukovina, Romania 2012 The boys have gathered branches pruned from apple orchards and are hauling them home to be used as firewood. It may not look like they are having fun, but I’ll bet they are. Just working outdoors with a … Continue reading
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Ethiopia, 2013: Somewhere near Arba Minch The Dorze seem rather modern compared to the tribes further south. You can see their homes in the background of this photo. Although traditionally they lived in large dome-shaped huts, they seem to prefer … Continue reading
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Barskoon Village, Kyrgyzstan 2012 My friend, Torie, was keen to learn all she could about yurts and so we visited this family. Osmanaliev Mekenbek, sitting at the head of the table, is the premier yurt builder in Kyrgyzstan and maybe … Continue reading
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Beijing, China 2007 The Temple of Heaven is a ceremonial hall where the Emperor would hold prayers for a good harvest. I think we can equate this with prayers for a good year in 2014. I’m hoping for that for … Continue reading
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Omo Valley in Ethiopia 2013 A Hamar man ‘lays into’ a Hamar woman as part of the rites of passage into adulthood for a fellow tribesman. His expression is as concentrated as a surgeon’s as he strikes his blow. The men around … Continue reading
