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Eastern Turkey 2009 I often go into a barbershop when I am wandering around a foreign city or village. Part is the mystery of entering a man’s domain. My camera gives me license to poke into places women do not … Continue reading
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2012 It rained almost every afternoon. At 8000 ft, the rain chills. A young woman huddles with her handmade brooms and mops waiting and hoping for a sale. I do notice some Chinese goods as well. The … Continue reading
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Damascus, Syria 2010 These food carts were a common sight in Damascus. Some sold corn on the cob. This man sells soup. His rather forbidding expression plus the pace of our little Kurdish guide kept me from going over to … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2012 An Uzbek patriarch is lost in thought as he leaves the animal market. Maybe he is mentally adding up his profits and losses. Adding up in Uzbekistan takes concentration. At the present, the exchange rate is nearly 3000 Uzbek … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013…At the Abore Village in Omo Valley Some photographers scorn cropping. It’s beneath them. They take pride in cropping in the viewfinder. I like to crop in the viewfinder, too. But when I’m sitting at my computer and I see … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 A young Buddhist nun turns her beautiful face to the light…a serendipitous shot from an afternoon’s shooting in a Yangon monastery. Don’t stop shooting until you’ve left the premises is my advice. In Photoshop, I increased contrast and added a layer … Continue reading
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Ethiopia’s Omo Valley…2013 This was what you might classify as a “drive-by” shot. This girl posed herself next to a tree near our parked 4×4. What person with a camera could resist? I didn’t realize how beautiful she was at … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 My husband and I once saw a gallery exhibition of Irving Penn’s photographs of West African people. They were stunning. Most of the women seemed to be from the Mandingo tribe of Mali. Their extravagant dress, made of many … Continue reading
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Ethiopia, 2013: Hamar Tribesman We waited for our dugouts to take us across the river to visit the Dassanetch Tribe. Did you learn about dugouts in grammar school as I did? I can still remember Sister Jane Mary discussing the virtues … Continue reading
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Ethiopia: September 2013 An Abore woman stands near a hut in a tribal village near Turmi. The tribes are familiar with tourists arriving to photograph them and they want money for each photo. Our group arranged with the chief to … Continue reading
