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Grafitti

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Utah, U.S.A. 2013 Look closely and you will see several handprints on the underside of the rock ledges. These are called ‘negative handprints’. The hand is outlined with the paint rather than having the hand print done by placing a … Continue reading

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Turmi Market Day

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  Ethiopia 2013 Men relax at the general store in Turmi, a small town in southwest Ethiopia. I liked the bright colors of green and blue. I asked the men for permission to take their photo and then the girl … Continue reading

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Equine David Copperfield

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Vadodara, India 2009 The light was perfect. The setting sun’s golden rays lit the coats of the horses tethered in a back street. There were about eight of them, lined up facing the wall. All were white with pale eyes. … Continue reading

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Mursi Woman

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Mursi Woman Ethiopia, 2013 A Mursi woman kneels near a hut and poses for my friend, Elizabeth. I grab a shot myself. I don’t always need to have the subject’s eyes staring at me. I like to get side light when … Continue reading

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Inspiration from a Kitchen Calendar

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Bukovina, Romania 2012 I turned the page of my kitchen calendar on December 1, but didn’t pay attention to the picture until a day later. Each month shows an impressionist painting and December showed a single haystack painted by Monet. I was … Continue reading

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Rainy Day in Dongchuan

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Yunnan Province, China 2007 After a breakfast of noodle soup enlivened with a splash of chili sauce, I waited in front of the hotel and shot photos of passersby. It seemed as if I ate noodles at least twice a … Continue reading

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Streets of Cairo

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Cairo, Egypt 1988 A heavy haze hung over the city when I shot this, but with Photoshop, I could make Cairo look as it should.  On the tops of many buildings are shacks where the poor live. Once while I … Continue reading

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FACING ADVERSITY

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  THE GOOD HUSBAND   Djenne-Djenne, Mali  1998 A donkey cart clattered past. A man and woman huddled together rode on top,  each wrapped in a private world of sadness. The woman was obviously ill. She leaned on her husband for … Continue reading

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IN THE STONE CHURCHES OF LALIBELA

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LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA 2013 A priest descends the rough hewn stone steps of one of Lalibela’s eleven stone churches dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. This church is carved from solid rock. There is a narrow courtyard surrounding the church. … Continue reading

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THE KREMLIN

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  Moscow, Russia 2009 I was told I could only take one camera into the Kremlin. I took my wide angle lens thinking that I’d be shooting architecture. I wasn’t happy with the results. But I never delete, or almost … Continue reading

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