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Yushou, China 2007 A Khampa woman shields her face with her cape. The sun is harsh at high elevations. It damages the skin of men, women and children. Wide brimmed hats are common in Tibet and in Peru. Heads are draped and faces … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 Jim Zuckerman chose our vantage point at the Eagle Festival and to this day, I feel grateful. We faced the mountain; this barren, scrub-covered, brown hill that provided a perfect backdrop to our photos. The shade from the mountain … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 Jim Zuckerman, our tour leader, hired this young woman to pose for us wearing a traditional Kazakh costume. There was no denying her beauty: clear, glowing skin, perfect teeth, sparkling eyes, and thick lustrous dark hair. Her costume, quilted and … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 Portrait of a young Karo girl of the Omo Valley. She has what looks like a nail piercing her lower lip. Most Karo women had a feather stuck in this piercing. Maybe she has to wait … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 Black and white can simplify a shot to basic geometry. Here is a man’s shoulder covered in white clay with designs etched by a fingernail. His “wife-beater” undershirt and a wide necklace of red beads interspersed … Continue reading
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Western Mongolia 2014 This man’s eagle seemed on edge. She squawked constantly. The hunter was used to her yet he listened. Often it seemed that all she wanted was to be a bit closer to the hunter. He obliged always … Continue reading
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Eastern Mongolia 2014 I wanted to make this shot of the “queen” look as if it were printed on an old card, as if it had been hidden in an old sutra box. I can’t describe how I did it exactly … Continue reading
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Western Mongolia 2014 Although the queen is still the subject of this shot, the landscape plays a larger roll. I darkened and saturated all but her face and the front of her dress. I added just a touch of diffusion adding … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 As I told you in an earlier post, I have hundreds of photos of this woman whom Jim Zuckerman hired for a highlight photo shoot. Despite our group being the most polite group of photographers I’d ever been part of, … Continue reading
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Kerala, India 2009 Maybe you know that I love vintage travel posters and that I try to make my own “vintage posters” using my photographs. I always wish I had something to advertise…as advertising was the purpose of those posters. Here … Continue reading
