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Rissani, Morocco late 1990’s Two Arabized Berber women clutch their haik as their custom decrees. Berber women are not so conservative, especially the older women who are no longer considered worth a male glance. Arabized Berbers are Berber tribes who … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 A handsome Hamar woman shot at a bull-jumping ceremony. The women danced and celebrated the coming of age of their kinsman. I caught this woman in a moment of contemplation. I discovered something when I worked on … Continue reading
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Chiang Mai, Thailand 2007 She was on her way to somewhere to sell her brooms but she stopped and followed my instructions to “stand here” and ” Oh, no. Better stand there.” Turned out that everywhere she stood was good.
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Kerala, India 2009 It looks like he is beseeching. Is he? It is my idea that we imbue “others” with characteristics from our own experiences. We think we know what is going on but we don’t. This photo was shot … Continue reading
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Chiang Mai Thailand 2007 She worked in a craft shop making paper umbrellas. But she could have been sitting in the living room of a mansion offering her guests tea…she seemed a vision from the past. I used Topaz software … Continue reading
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On the Border Between Mali and Mauritania 2005 We stopped in a market town where the Fulani or Peul (the French call this tribe Peul) women wore these coin headdresses. This woman has a tattoo on her chin in addition … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 Portrait of a Padaung girl weaving. Her mother owned or ran a shop selling their weavings among other items. The entire family willingly posed for us. The problem was that our guide dictated the poses and I never got … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 I remember how difficult it was shooting in these old teak monasteries. Shards of blinding sunlight entered the doorways and bounced off the wooden floors. Shadows, blacker than the ancient carved teak doors, oozed from the interior depths. The sauna of the … Continue reading
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Qinghai Province, China 2007 Zhana Monastery. A young man takes a rest as he circumnavigates the monastery. He doesn’t take a rest from his prayers, though. His unusual hat intrigued me. It looks like a prototype of the ubiquitous baseball … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 The shaman’s eyes were hidden behind his elaborate headdress. The three dots of red from which stream braided and beaded thongs become his “eyes”. Now he has three eyes. He stares at me as he slowly beats the drum. The … Continue reading
