Blog Archives

Elephant Ride

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Thailand, Chiang Mai 2005 When I hear the word jungle, I think of a sticky wet forest filled with vines: a forest so dense that you can’t see the sky. I’ve been in several places that were called jungles and … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

A Face with Character

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Syria 2010  A side street in Damascus It was a warm day in autumn. We and the Damascenes dressed in shirt-sleeves, but this man, used to the heat of the Syrian desert, wore a wool coat and a wool scarf … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Ha Long Bay

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Northern Viet Nam 2005 Huge orange-colored sails like butterfly wings sprouted from the upper deck of our cruise boat at Ha Long Bay.  A canopy covered the upper deck where wicker chairs and little tables that meant we would be served cool … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

The Golden City of Khiva

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Uzbekistan 2012  The wall of Khiva Khiva was once an important site on the Silk Road and was of particular interest to both Russia and England during the era known as “The Great Game”. Both countries were determined to have … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

The Farmer

This gallery contains 1 photo.

India 2006 : A photo walk in Jaiselmer I love the look of these beaky-faced men with the flowing moustaches, especially when they wear the long tailed shirt over their dhoti or skirt. You’d be surprised how masculine it looks because … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Portrait of a Marriage

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Sahara Desert 2005:    Somewhere in Mauritania We stopped to camp near some scrubby palm trees around four in the afternoon on that day. One of the cars had a problem with the transmission and our mechanic needed a few daylight hours … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

The Bakers of Margilan

This gallery contains 3 photos.

  Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 There is a street in Margilan that could be called Baker Street. Bread is baked in small shops lining both sides of the street. Each shop is just big enough for the wood fired oven and the … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Company’s Coming

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Morocco 2005,  A Berber family camp, somewhere in the desert east of Merzouga My guide used to take me to look for nomads. He would ask the camel traders if they knew of any encampments. Often, a trader would accompany us … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Holy Day

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Yangon (Rangoon) Burma 2012 The Burmese are devout Buddhists and on this day of prayer, the Full Moon Festival, the pagoda was teeming with families, couples, groups of teenagers. In other words, everyone was there. They were there to pray … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Thumbs Up!

This gallery contains 1 photo.

  China’s Quinghai Province 2007 We visited this woman’s home and I tell the whole story here: http://www.rosemarysheel.com/archives/chinese-peasant This is a great portrait because her smiling face and “thumbs up” illustrates the old adage of “a picture is worth a … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment