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Burma 2012 I think I’m going to have to have a series on “woman’s work”… here we have a Burmese countrywoman preparing the midday meal. Most likely rice is the staple. You can see a coconut in the foreground. Maybe … Continue reading
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Romanian countryside 2012 We saw many villages in the Romanian countryside. All had lovely churches with steeples like this one or sometimes an onion dome. This is the only deserted church we saw. All of the others had a lively, … Continue reading
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Osean India 2004 A chowkidar is a watchman. I got that word mixed up with Chandigarh once when I introduced a man who was attending the university there. I said he was attending “chowkidar”. Luckily, he just laughed to himself and … Continue reading
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High Atlas Mountains, Morocco 1999 I had spent the night in a small hotel in the heart of the gorge at Boumalne Dades. That morning a Berber guide and I began the hike into the mountains to visit the Berber cave … Continue reading
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Uglich, Russia 2009 We took a river cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow and as we were leaving the quay, I shot this lovely little church. Of course, I thought they were all lovely, even the ones that were half destroyed. … Continue reading
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Rangoon, Burma 2011 Two young men, dressed in longyi, check their phone for messages. Rangoon was, until recently, the capitol of Burma, but in 2006 the capitol was moved to a city in the north of the country. Vestiges of … Continue reading
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Kochi, India 2009 These are called “Chinese Fishing Nets”. I was looking forward to photographing them. Despite their large size, their catch is usually only enough for a small dinner. The nice thing is that you can ask the fisherman … Continue reading
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Mali, somewhere in the Sahara between Araouane and Tombouctou, 2001 Our guide’s keen eye spotted this white Touareg tent even though it blended into the grayish white sands of the desert. Just one family occupied the tent…an old man, a … Continue reading
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Araouane, Mali 2005: Araoune is an important oasis in the Sahara between Tombouctou and Taodenni. The mullah who taught at the Araouane madrassa was considered holy by all who knew of him. His blessing was sought by the Touareg men of the salt caravans before … Continue reading
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Romania 2012: A Gypsy village near Sibiu. All of the gypsy men of this village, and of many others that Daniel Gheorghita (www.felixromania.com) and I visited, wore this distinctive hat. I happened to find a book about gypsies in my … Continue reading
