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Last Weekend Elizabeth called me. She said she was flying out to California and could we meet? Two photographers meeting. Did we sit and sip coffee or tea? No. We grabbed our cameras and headed through the mountains toward the … Continue reading
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Mali, West Africa 2001 We had hiked high into the Bandiagara Escarpment to visit a small village of Dogon. When we arrived, it was difficult to tell who had come to see whom. The villagers gathered around us chattering and … Continue reading
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China 2005 These roofs, adjacent to a newly renovated, touristy complex, covered a shabby section of town. I wanted to explore these tiny streets and peer into these houses and shops. I didn’t get a chance. We had a schedule. … Continue reading
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Chinguetti, Mauritania 2005 An ancient manuscript…perhaps a thousand years old…is shown to us by its owner. He was trying his best to take care of his patrimony, asking us not to touch. Believe it or not, one man in the … Continue reading
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Damascus, Syria 2010 A beautiful iron roof arches over the main thoroughfare of the Hamadiya souk. Shops and shoppers fill the first floor with more shops on the second floor. I didn’t walk up to the second floor, but I … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 I had my birthday while I was in Mongolia. I told only one woman and made her promise not to tell anyone else. I hate a fuss. On my birthday, we drove in our Russian vans to Khovd … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 Black and white can simplify a shot to basic geometry. Here is a man’s shoulder covered in white clay with designs etched by a fingernail. His “wife-beater” undershirt and a wide necklace of red beads interspersed … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 Gypsies drive their cattle through a Saxon village. When communism fell, the German government welcomed the Saxons to return even though their forbears had settled in Romania a thousand years ago. I’m sure it was a heart-wrenching decision … Continue reading
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Khiva, Uzbekistan 2012 The walls of the old city gleam golden at sunrise and sunset, a breathtaking sight. Torie and I walked around the walls in the morning and in the evening climbed the large bastion for pictures of the … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 I loved these shots of the Burmese paddling their boats on Inle Lake. Of course, the leg-rowing men were my favorite but I loved the women perched on the ends of low riding boats filled with produce heading … Continue reading
