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Lome, Togo 2000 A bird’s eye view of the Grand Marche’ in Lome. It’s a woman’s world. Now and then a man with flowing robes would stride through the crowd, but it’s the women, the “Madam Benzes”, who carry on the business of buying … Continue reading
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Rangoon, Burma 2011 I like this type of shot. It shows an “iconic” place: the teahouse. If you have ever read about life in Burma, you will be familiar with the teahouse and its importance in Burmese life. I wanted to … Continue reading
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Ladakh, India 2004: The city of Leh I shot this from the window of our hotel in Leh. It’s a good thing that I could see it from the room, or else I might have missed it. I didn’t see … Continue reading
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Siberia, USSR 1989 Here’s our plane. CCCP is written on the fuselage. You don’t see that anymore! We’d just landed in a cow pasture in Bratsk and were milling about waiting to be taken to Irkutsk, about 50 miles away. There were some … Continue reading
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Cambodia, 2007 The monks walked their route carrying their golden umbrellas and their begging bowls. They’d stop at each house and the occupant would come out with food which was ladled into the monks proffered bowl. It is not mandatory … Continue reading
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Morocco 1997 Hamoudi, a Berber nomad, pours tea for me and my guide. His tent was about ten miles from Merzouga. This was back when Merzouga was nothing but a group of mud houses, no running water, no paved streets. The … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 Torie and I spent several days in Bokhara. Before we left we were well known to the market place vendors. I was the favorite of the family who owned the one and only coffee shop where you could … Continue reading
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West Africa 2000: A Somba village in Northern Benin After we had looked around the village, Alberto got the idea to offer money to the men if they would fight. The Somba are known to be fighters and still use … Continue reading
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Kerala, India 2009 I used several “texture” layers to get this rather dreamy and colorful effect of Kerala’s rice boats anchored on a spit of land on a backwater rice canal. I shot this in late morning and the light … Continue reading
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Bhuj, Gujarat State, India 2005 I often go out early in the morning when I am traveling. I just wander. Sometimes I get lucky and meet people like this young Rabari girl. She was searching for something useful in the ubiquitous trash that … Continue reading
