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The Pink Lake of Senegal

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Rosemary
Harvesting salt at Senegal's pink lake

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Senegal 1998  Pink Lake is actually this pink color. It isn’t very deep as you can see from the women in the upper right. They are only in water up to their knees as they haul huge buckets of wet … Continue reading →

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Mesmerized

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Rosemary
handsome Indian Laborer stares into the camera

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Mangalore, India 2009  An itinerant laborer from Bihar (or somewhere like Bihar) is confident that the camera loves him. And it does!! He was part of a group of his tribe, whatever tribe it was, filling bags with sand on … Continue reading →

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The Saddlers of Mardin

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Rosemary
men work at making pack saddles

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Mardin, Turkey 2009  The small city of Mardin sits on a hill just above the border between Eastern Turkey and Syria, not far from the Tigris River. Civilization began here. Mardin was settled about 4000 years B.C. Although Turkey has become very modern, Mardin retains … Continue reading →

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Woman’s Work 03

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Rosemary
woman prepares food in a burma village

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Burma 2012  I think I’m going to have to have a series on “woman’s work”… here we have a Burmese countrywoman preparing the midday meal. Most likely rice is the staple. You can see a coconut in the foreground. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Deserted

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Rosemary
Deserted Fortified Church Romania

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Romanian countryside 2012  We saw many villages in the Romanian countryside. All had lovely churches with steeples like this one or sometimes an onion dome. This is the only deserted church we saw. All of the others had a lively, … Continue reading →

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Chowkidar

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Rosemary
an older man wearing a turban sits guard outside a home

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Osean India 2004  A chowkidar is a watchman. I got that word mixed up with Chandigarh once when I introduced a man who was attending the university there. I said he was attending “chowkidar”. Luckily, he just laughed to himself and … Continue reading →

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Cave Dwellers of Morocco

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Rosemary
Cave Family of Morocco

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High Atlas Mountains, Morocco 1999 I had spent the night in a small hotel in the heart of the gorge at Boumalne Dades. That morning a Berber guide and I began the hike into the mountains to visit the Berber cave … Continue reading →

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Portraits: Touareg and Fulani

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Rosemary
Touareg women huddle in their tent

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Mali, somewhere in the Sahara between Araouane and Tombouctou, 2001  Our guide’s keen eye spotted this white Touareg tent even though it blended into the grayish white sands of the desert. Just one family occupied the tent…an old man, a … Continue reading →

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Madrassa Boys

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Rosemary
students of the madrasa in Araouane, Mali

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Araouane, Mali 2005: Araoune is an important oasis in the Sahara between Tombouctou and Taodenni.  The mullah who taught at the Araouane madrassa was considered holy by all who knew of him. His blessing was sought by the Touareg men of the salt caravans before … Continue reading →

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Calderai Gypsy

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Rosemary
Portrait of Calerai Gypsy Man

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Romania 2012: A Gypsy village near Sibiu.  All of the gypsy men of this village, and of many others that Daniel Gheorghita (www.felixromania.com) and I visited, wore this distinctive hat.  I happened to find a book about gypsies in my … Continue reading →

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