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Xinjiang China 2003 Hundreds of sewing machines filled the huge room. Hundreds of young women bent to their task: pushing miles of bright-colored fabric under the needle. I wanted a photograph, but the forelady shook her finger at me. Undeterred, … Continue reading
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Eastern Mongolia 2014 September 30 and there was snow on the ground near the old Buddhist monastery. Lichen blossoms, reminding me of my Italian grandmother’s best china, grew in profusion on rocks protruding from the frozen earth. Tamarack trees laced … Continue reading
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Eastern Mongolia 2014 She played happily as her brother, on horseback, herded their cashmere goats. (Perhaps her father was selecting goats to drive to market.) She wore a tiny ‘dell’, (a Mongolian robe tied with a sash) and handmade leather boots with turned … Continue reading
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Ulanbaater, Mongolia 2014 Jim Zuckerman, hired this woman to model a 15th century costume for us. He had a specific background in mind and we searched and then double backed several times to find a landscape that matched the one in … Continue reading
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Damascus, Syria…2010 Men enjoy strolling through the Hamadiya Souk in Damascus blissfully unaware of what horrors the future holds for them.
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Western Mongolia 2014 When you go on a tour for a special event such as the Eagle Festival held in Western Mongolia, or the Theyyam in Mangalore, India, your photos are specific. You may, as I did, shoot several hundred gigabytes … Continue reading
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Bayan-Olgii, Western Mongolia 2014 A portrait of a young Kazakh girl whose mother worked in a guest house in Bayan-Olgii. She seemed shy until our group leader, Jim Zuckerman, let her play with his Ipad. She sat happily by his side as … Continue reading
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Bayan-Olgii Province, Mongolia 2014 Without horses like these, the Mongols wouldn’t have conquered the largest land empire in history. When I saw these horses, all tacked up, I thought about asking if I could ride one. A gallop across the … Continue reading
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Western Mongolia 2014 We stayed here with a Mongolian family for two and a half days. We women bunked in the nearest ger and the men on our tour slept in the farthest ger. The family, who were our hosts, … Continue reading
