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Lome, Togo 2000 When I have a camera with me, I always “keep a lookout” (as we say down south) for a person, place or happening that is photo-worthy. We’d just finished eating a late lunch in Lome, Togo and had … Continue reading
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Near St. Petersburg Russia 2009 Tsarskoe Selo means Tsar’s Village and it is here that the royalty of Russia spent the summers. The main architect for the palace was Bartolomeo Rastrelli who came from Italy in 1715 and designed many famed palaces … Continue reading
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Morocco’s Guir Desert 2006 My guide, Ali Mouni, used to take his friends or family with us when we went to look for nomads near his home village of Merzouga. These men had no vehicle and would jump at the … Continue reading
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Vietnam 2006 Two tour boats anchor in a cove. We went ashore and climbed in one of the limestone crags. It was from here that I was able to shoot down on the junks. The cruise lasted about 24 hours. I’d … Continue reading
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Delhi, India 2009 Chandni Chowk is one of the oldest markets in Delhi and maybe the largest. It is crowded. The streets are crowded with people and vehicles and the shops are crowded with people and merchandise. It isn’t the place … Continue reading
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Her name was Sitra. She was about 8 years old, a chunky, hoarse-voiced little girl who sang for her supper at Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan. That is her father standing behind her, playing a tanpura, a type of lute. Singers, dancers, … Continue reading
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This is the kind of shot I strove for during my first year of studying photography. The teacher was keen on the great photographers, Stieglitz, Strand, Cartier-Bresson and others. I enjoyed the lectures where he gave slide shows of famous … Continue reading
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I first read about the Barb Horse and Morocco when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I loved to read then, as I still do today, and I checked out Marguerite Henry’s book King of the Wind from … Continue reading
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The souk in Fez Morocco 2009 My daughter and I stayed in what is called a ‘riad’ when we were in Fez. This is an old house, once owned by a prosperous Moroccan family, that has been converted to a … Continue reading
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Mali, West Africa somewhere in the Sahara Desert 2002 A veiled Touareg man stands near his camels which are loaded with slabs of salt from the Taodenni mines. We had stopped to get some photos and he came over to check us … Continue reading
