Category Archives: Travel

The Kremlin

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Rosemary
retro color Kremlin walls, bastion and government buildings

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Moscow 2009 Another drive by shooting. If you are on a bus, then you must try to shoot from the bus window. Who knew shots could turn out so well? Well, some of them do, so we have to try. … Continue reading →

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Voodoo in Togo

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Rosemary
a voodoo ceremony in Togo where a witch doctor casts a spell on an ill person

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Togo 2001 We had driven from Lome into the bush where we parked by a canal and met some Togolese boatmen who had been hired to take us to a small ‘island’. It must have been near the ocean as when the … Continue reading →

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Dogon People

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Rosemary
Shot in a Dogon village on the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali: two young boys at play are silhouetted against the sky

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A Dogon village in Mali 2001 or thereabouts I scanned some old negatives from a trip to Mali yesterday. I was hoping for a good shot of a Dogon village but because we arrived in mid-day, the monochromatic color of sun … Continue reading →

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Holy Communion

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Rosemary

Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 A Coptic priests gives out Holy Communion during mass in one of Lalibela’s ancient stone churches. A shaft of light dispels the dark shadow and highlights the gold embroidered vestments of the priest. The worshippers’ heads bow … Continue reading →

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Ha Long Bay

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Rosemary
Study in blue of Viet Nam's picturesque Ha Long Bay with pagoda

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Viet Nam 2005 A pagoda perches atop a karst mountain in Ha Long Bay. Who built the pagoda? Who uses it?  Are there Buddhist monks who live in a similar isolation as the Greek Orthodox monks of Meteora?

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Photography Class

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Rosemary
shot from a moving car: a long-haired, scruffy man reads on a chair outside a book shop and theater

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Los Angeles, California 1995 I was in my second or third semester of photography class. I took my camera with me everywhere I went. It’s what a serious photographer does and I was trying to be serious. We were rolling … Continue reading →

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Moonrise over Malabar

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Rosemary
poster of palm trees and setting sun in Aleppy India rice canals

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Kerala, India 2009 Another of my posters. How could I not try to do something extra with this scene?  When I look at it, I can almost hear Bing Crosby crooning and steel guitars twanging…maybe not together, but why not? If … Continue reading →

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Tibetan Costume

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Rosemary
Tibetan Women arrange hair ornaments before attending a festival

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Qinghai Provence, China 2007 Kham women of the Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai Provence arrange their costume in preparation for a festival in Yushou.  The population in this part of China is nearly 100% Kham Tibetan. Kham are physically striking: both … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Rosemary
An Indian woman extends her mehndi painted hands

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Rajasthan, India This is the type of shot you can get when the sun is beating straight down. This woman was sitting in the shade. That’s where you want your subject to be at mid-day. And that’s where you want … Continue reading →

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Tibet: A Wall of Prayers

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Rosemary
Two Buddhist monks in red robes walk past a mani wall...a wall built of stones inscribed with a prayer

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Tibet 2007 Two Buddhist monks pass a mani wall as they circumambulate a monastery. Mani walls are built of stones; each stone  is inscribed with a prayer by the person who places the stone on the wall. These walls of prayers are … Continue reading →

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