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Arizona, U.S.A. 2009 We had gone to the gem show in Tucson. My oldest daughter likes to ‘bead’. And she also likes photography, so we tried to capture the Southwest. I’d seen Ansel Adams’s version of this mission. I don’t … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 Voronetz Monastery is one of Romania’s famed painted monasteries. Both inside and out are covered with folk art depictions of Bible stories as well as stories of the lives of the saints. The paintings are more than 400 years old … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2012 A side street in Bokhara A pretty Japanese woman demonstrates Japanese Style. Her clothing looked comfortable and stylish…and expensive, I might add. I loved her shoes! We all wore them back in the day. Of course, we all … Continue reading
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A young woman arranges the silk threads on her loom prior to weaving. That’s all I can say about the process as I don’t know anything about weaving. I do know it takes hand/eye coordination. Ikat silks are in vogue now, … Continue reading
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Yunnan Province, China 2005 We were in Yunnan in November. It was supposed to be a month of beautiful weather, but we had fog every morning and rain during the day. Luckily, it wasn’t cold and I could wear sandals and … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 We went to a fashion show thinking we’d get some dramatic shots. The show was held in an ancient madrassa. The center is open to the sky, rather like a patio or atrium. The two-story building surrounds it … Continue reading
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Ouarzazate, Morocco 2009 A kasbah is a something like a fortified apartment house. It is a rabbit warren of rooms and apartments connected by dark hallways. The only light is from shafts of harsh sun where the structure is open to the … Continue reading
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Bamako, Mali 2002 Mali was once a French Colony. Leafy trees line the boulevards shading the old yellow and white colonial buildings . Our hotel in Bamako was on a street like that. The grounds were lush with palm trees and flowering shrubs. … Continue reading
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Delhi, India 2009 Lately, I’ve been deleting some of my photos that are truly awful. I have plenty of them and it takes time to delete them and it is boring. But yesterday, I finally paid attention to this shopkeeper … Continue reading
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Longji China 2005 These beautiful swirled terraces are more than 400 years old and are still being worked in the same manner as the first farmers who settled here. In many places in China, the rice terraces have caused the … Continue reading
