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Drepung Monastery, a few miles outside of Lhasa 2007 A pious Buddhist woman rushes past prayer wheels carrying a thermos of ghee. She wants to contribute some ghee to the lamps flickering at each shrine in the rambling monastery and she must run to carry out … Continue reading
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India 2009 Many Rabari women of a certain age wear these silver cuffs. You can see the woman on the left wears only one bracelet. Perhaps she has had to pawn her other bracelet. Look closely and you will see … Continue reading
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China, Xinjiang Province 2003 At first I imagined that these young men were selling the brooms that their mothers made, but after looking at the photo I got the idea that they had purchased them from a factory of sorts. … Continue reading
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Nukus, Uzbekistan 2013 After visiting the Savitsky Museum, Torie and I explored the market with our guide. This smiling woman walked toward me and I grabbed a shot of her gold teeth. My guide laughed. Maybe it wasn’t such a … Continue reading
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Beijing, China 2007: Outside McDonald’s What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than to take your Dad out for an ice cream cone? Is there a man or boy anywhere who doesn’t love ice cream? I know I bought some … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2012 There are more than a hundred of these beautiful architectural monuments in Bokhara. This one is a madrassa. Shops for tourists fill the cells that for hundreds and hundreds of years had housed students from the time of the … Continue reading
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Niger 2000 A small village north of Arlit. This is how Touareg men dress for important occasions such as a village celebration we attended. The men seemed menacing. I could well imagine the fear of camel caravans when a group of … Continue reading
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Photographs of Bread Bakers and Bread Sellers… Bread is out of favor now, what with the no-gluten craze, the low or no carb craze or just the hard body craze. But who doesn’t love bread? Hot from the oven, slathered … Continue reading
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Ouazzane, Morocco 2006 It’s not easy to come across photogenic people or places. Often when we do visit an interesting place, it’s mid-day. Or the place simply doesn’t live up to its history. This photo is of a street in … Continue reading
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I photographed quite a few petrographs on my Southwest journey. I got the idea to show both an Anasazi petrograph and one from Kyrgyzstan. The Anasazi petrograph, seen on the top photo, was scratched onto sandstone and almost looks painted. It was nearly invisible, but I brought … Continue reading
