Category Archives: Travel

Woman’s Work

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 A village in somewhere in Myanmar. Village women carrying baskets hanging from a stick on their shoulders head homeward after a day’s work in the fields. Now to make dinner and afterward perhaps spin thread  on an old fashioned spinning wheel or … Continue reading

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Visualizing the Photo

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 Mandalay, Myanmar…the Royal Palace The Royal Palace once consisted of hundreds of wooden buildings that have been destroyed by both Allied and Japanese armies during WWII. When I hear the words “wooden buildings” the palace sounds rather unimpressive. I think of … Continue reading

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A Boy’s Imagination

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 Eastern Morocco, somewhere near Algeria. I went to this market because it was supposed to be frequented by nomads selling their flocks of sheep in this unpopulated area. Many of the men selling had walked nearly a hundred miles with … Continue reading

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Gods of Angkor Thom

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 Yesterday I showed you the demons on the moat bridge of Angkor Thom and here lined up on the opposite side are the gods. The gods also carry a Naga or dragon, but most of the Naga is destroyed now. … Continue reading

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Angkor Thom

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Cambodia: Angkor Thom  Angkor is composed of many cities built by Khmer kings from 800 AD to 1300 AD. Angkor Thom is one of the largest and was built in the late 12th century. The water here is the moat … Continue reading

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Bagan, Again

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Bagan, Myanmar  Our little monks stroll solemnly toward us. Shooting this was a piece of cake. I was unnerved, though, after sweating through some monastery scenes where I couldn’t get the exposure right or couldn’t get the focus right or … Continue reading

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Berber Girl Embroidering

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Leisure This is another old negative. In fact, this girl is the daughter of the man I call Saladin. If you didn’t see that photo,  click on Morocco in the list to the right and you will find him . She … Continue reading

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Indian Eyes

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A small village near Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Some photos I never forget and this is one of them. I love this little girl. She is huddled into herself, wondering what on earth this strange woman can want at her house.  Our … Continue reading

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Opium Eaters

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 A village on the edge of Rajasthan’s Thar Desert. A woman from this family had just delivered a baby. Can we assume it was a boy? Because the menfolk are busy celebrating by sipping opium from the host’s hand. Was … Continue reading

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Alepppo Souk

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 The news is horrible about Syria right now. Yesterday there was fighting in Aleppo. We were there a little more than a year ago and it was a beautiful city, especially the old souk which, thankfully, has not been tarted up … Continue reading

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