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Working Children 1

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 I’ve been looking through my negatives from a trip I made about 11 years ago to the West African countries of Ghana, Benin and Togo. The company I used was TransAfrica owned and operated by Alberto Nicheli, in case you, … Continue reading

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Palmyra

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  The Syrian desert about 300 KM north east of Damascus   Palmyra was a trading city for caravans from the east for thousands of years. Here you see some columns from the ancient temple at Palmyra. Our guide said … Continue reading

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Housewives of Istanbul

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 Istanbul, Turkey. A street scene in the old city. Another old slide from 20 years ago. The women are enjoying their afternoon chat. They had washed their rugs in the street by their house, scrubbing them with soapy water and … Continue reading

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Concert in St. Petersburg

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   Two musicians play their hearts out on a canal in St. Petersburg. The accordion player was there first and the other man came up and began to sing in what sounded like a trained voice to me. They didn’t sing … Continue reading

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Adam

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   I have this photo on the wall in my hallway. I have made a gallery of some of my black and white prints from my darkroom days and this is one of my favorites. This boy lives in northern … Continue reading

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Ghana’s Funerals

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West Africa: Accra, Ghana This is a coffin manufacturer’s showroom and what looks like a child’s idea of a perfect Christmas morning is a display of the types of coffins the company has made. Ghana seems to be unique in matters relating … Continue reading

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Elephants Working

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 Chaing Mai, Thailand. There are several elephant camps near Chaing Mai. You can spend your whole vacation at some of them, learning about the elephants, riding them, and washing them in the river. That does sound like fun. I just … Continue reading

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Morning in Burma

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 Monks carrying their begging bowls are accompanied by village women going to market as another day begins in Burma. The small bridge passes over farm lands irrigated with water from the Irrawaddy River. Burma is a fertile land and was … Continue reading

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Berber Women with Facial Tattoos

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  We’d been driving in the desert looking for nomads to photograph when we found this woman and her family. They were breaking camp, well, she was. She was rushing around, her long skirts flying, as she gathered her goats and … Continue reading

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Paradise

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   A woman gazes into the distance after bathing in Burma’s Irrawaddy river. This photo would look idyllic if it weren’t for the buckets of freshly washed clothing. Even in what looks like paradise, it seems we must carry on … Continue reading

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