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A Moving Feast

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Ethiopia 2013 A van draped with live chickens whipped past us. The driver was in a hurry to get the market. Instantly we reached for our cameras and tried to get a shot through the window of our car. The … Continue reading

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Coffee Vendor in Addis Ababa

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2013 I’d slept long enough after the flight from California. It was picture taking time! Camera in hand I walked slowly down the busy street in front of my hotel, peering in doorways and scrutinizing passers-by. In … Continue reading

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Ladakh Monastery Temple

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India: Ladakh (Jammu Kashmir) 2005 The interior of one of the many Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh, India. A golden Buddha with a crown or halo sits on a throne. He is dressed in colorful silks and butterlamps burn before him. … Continue reading

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The Grandeur of Ayazkala

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Uzbekistan, 2013 It’s hard to believe looking at this photo, but Torie and I climbed to the top of the ruins. Our guides, young and hearty, spurred us on. We were somewhat miffed because they were lost in conversation. No thoughts … Continue reading

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Wheat Field and Lake Issyk Kul

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Lake Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan 2013 Torie, remember her?, wanted to photograph the Kyrgyz cemetery. So, we stopped. The Kyrgyz do not want strangers wandering among their graves photographing the mini-mosques and other fanciful structures that mark the resting place of … Continue reading

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Tibet: Drepung Monastery

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Tibet 2007 A younger woman helps an older woman up the stone steps of the monastery. There isn’t just one temple, there are many and the Tibetans who had come to pray wanted to enter and pray in all of … Continue reading

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Requiem in Pace

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42 KM from Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 After our long drive through the cultivated hillsides, we arrived at a small village at the foot of a wooded mountain. A trail with a hand rail, thank God!, led up to the Church … Continue reading

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Evening in Ghana

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Northern Ghana 2001 We stopped in a village to see the Sudanese Mosque with its many pinnacles, each one a sculpture with its own personality . There was a cemetery in front of the mosque. A crowd of boys climbed over the tombstones. It … Continue reading

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Volga River Scene

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Volga River 2009 We saw many of these small enclaves as we sailed along the waterways of Russia. Sometimes a family would be at the water’s edge: everyone in a bathing suit, a blanket spread on the bank. Little blond-headed … Continue reading

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Master and Students

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Burma 2011 The Master stopped fanning himself long enough to turn a page in his book. The tropical sun poured into the open windows. The heat was oppressive. The young monks were oblivious to the heat. They bent to their … Continue reading

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