Category Archives: costume

Mandalay, Burma

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Rosemary
Buddhist nuns beg for food in Mandaaly neighborhood

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Mandalay, Burma 2011 Nuns seemed to travel in small groups, carrying their begging bowls, going from house to  house asking for food.

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Panning

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Rosemary
Panning shot: Burma, monks ride postillion on motorcycle

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 Burma 2011 Learning to pan is not easy but it’s fun, especially when you are stuck waiting by the side of the road as I was. Here are some basic instructions:  You need to follow the subject with your camera held to … Continue reading →

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In a Burmese Tea House

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Rosemary
portrait of a woman in a Burmese Tea House

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Burma 2011 We stopped at a tea house for lunch. A few women were sitting out the rainstorm. As we waited for our food…I ordered noodles…I photographed the women. I ask by pointing to my camera. The women probably didn’t want me … Continue reading →

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More Vintage Libya

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Rosemary
Street in downtown Tripoli Libya with caleche 1962

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Tripoli, Libya 1962 Don’t you love those men wearing the toga-like garment? But you can see the young men want to wear western clothes. Once I was met in Casablanca by a Berber driver from Merzouga. He wore a chech (turban) and … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Fulani Woman with Slave

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Rosemary
Mali, Sahara Desert: woman with slave and dog:

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Mali, West Africa: Early 2000’s A Fulani woman, with the tattooed lips that her tribe is known for, stands outside her home.  She is pleased to be photographed, unlike most Africans. The woman inside the home is her servant or slave … Continue reading →

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African Glamour

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Rosemary
beautiful African woman carries a headload of laundry

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Ghana 2002 Portrait of an African woman with a dreamy expression. I can’t tell you more about this moment…I’m pretty sure this is Accra. I can tell you that West African women love these cotton prints. They make two piece … Continue reading →

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Dignity

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Rosemary
an old Peruvian woman sits in the market place selling her few potatoes

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Cusco Peru 2003 This woman has pride. Although she sits on a stone step in the market selling her few potatoes, she is dressed as if she were going to lunch with her friends. Is she surviving on her own? … Continue reading →

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The Guedra

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Rosemary
a kneeling woman dances the guedra

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Morocco 2003 I used to help a Berber family with their fledgling tourist business. They responded by trying to think of places to take me where I would find interesting photographs. We drove into the desert from Rissani where two … Continue reading →

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Expression makes the Portrait

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Rosemary
Moroccan girls in their father's pottery shop gaze in awe at photographer

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Morocco: On the Route des Kasbahs 2002 The urn-like kilns of the Haratine potters are visible from the highway: the famed Route des Kasbahs that threads from the Erg Chebbi to Ouarzazte. I always wanted to see the potters at work but my timing was … Continue reading →

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Women of Ghana

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Rosemary
Ghana:colorfully dressed women carry headloads of laundry

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Accra, Ghana 2001 This was a messy photo (slide) because the background, although I had blurred it out, was too dark and too busy. I loved these two women with their upraised arms holding the pans full of clean laundry. I love … Continue reading →

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