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Santa Barbara, California U.S.A 2015 My friend, Judi, and I drove up the coast to Santa Barbara yesterday. Our plan was to spend the several hours photographing the animals and birds at the zoo. The zoo is small; it is designed … Continue reading
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Gujarat, India 2009 She stands in front of her family’s hut or bunga. The colorful designs on the wall of the hut (that I faded to enhance the bright colors of her dress) were painted by her mother, a skill that this Rabari tribe’s women … Continue reading
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Kashgar, Xinjiang Provence, China 2003 This reminds me of an ancestor painting. Those are formal poses and this one is rather quotidian, but this Uighur man has gravitas as they say now in political circles. He sits in an outdoor … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 His horse in a full gallop, his eagle’s wings outspread, a smile on his face, this hunter is a happy man.
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Ethiopia 2013 A Hamar warrior, with his meticulously scarred torso, crosses our path and accedes to our request for a photo. We shot from a worm’s eye viewpoint to emphasize his height and lean, muscular build. Turning the photo into a black and … Continue reading
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California, U.S.A. 2015 I wanted the dog to turn his head toward me. He did look in my direction for a brief second, but then ignored me to stare, statue-like, toward the barn. I got the feeling that somehow I … Continue reading
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Damascus 2010 The digital darkroom gives a photographer an unending ability to manipulate the original shot. I love to sit at my computer and see what new nuances I can tease out of my photos. Here are some of the results. … Continue reading
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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 The white draped figures of Ethiopian Christians are listening to the mass over a loudspeaker. The ancient churches are small and less than a hundred can fit into the room where services are held. The liturgy begins at … Continue reading
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Aleppo, Syria 2010 Colorful downtown Aleppo as an advertisement might say. Aleppo had a charm that Damascus didn’t have. Or maybe by the time we got to Aleppo, we had become acclimatized to Syria. It was our favorite city. A … Continue reading
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Tunis, Tunisia 1961 A young man wearing a suit hammers an intricate design in a brass tray. He is proud of his work and of his achievement. Most likely he was apprenticed to his father or another brass artisan when … Continue reading
