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Rice Harvest Yunnan China

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 Yunnan Province, China. Golden rice terraces, yellow canola fields and freshly plowed red earth cover steep mountains and deep valleys in China’s Yunnan Province.  It is a beautiful area and is inhabited by tribal minorities who still wear their traditional … Continue reading

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Bombay Laundryman

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Everyone Has Dreams This is called a dhobi ghat. It’s a modern day laundry but one that probably looked the same during the Raj.  This one is Bombay or, nowadays, Mumbai. It’s a maze of cement cubicles open to the hot Indian sun. Each … Continue reading

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Jumping Cat Monastery

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 An old wooden monastery that sits on Lake Inle. Inside are 100 year old Buddha images from the Shan, Tibeten, Inwa and Bagan cultures. They are lovely, but I was interested in the jumping cats. For some reason, I had … Continue reading

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As I Am, So Shall You Be

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 The phrase, “As I Am, So Shall You Be”, was on a sign in the catacombs of an Italian city. Can’t remember which one. It was placed in front of a pile of bones from the early Christians. Chilling, maybe, … Continue reading

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Rabari Girl

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 The villagers in this tiny village in northern Gujarat were not used to tourists. If it hadn’t been for our guide who spoke their language, we would never have been able to enter this family’s compound. Once inside, my friends and I immediately … Continue reading

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1930’s Look

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    This is a modern woman, a career woman who can take care of herself. Yet inside all of us, perhaps, is a romantic girl from the 1930’s or 40’s.  I thought of emphasizing this romantic look when I saw … Continue reading

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Burkina Faso

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 I was told that this village was of the Gurunsi tribe. That they were known for their beautifully painted houses. You can see an example of their art work here. It is the women who are the artists. We spent … Continue reading

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Soft Focus

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 This is from a Kodachrome slide. It was taken in the shade and so there is a strong blue tone to the slide.  I can’t abide cool colors. I love warm yellows, reds, browns. I try to vary my color … Continue reading

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New to Old

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 A desirable skill in Photoshop is to make an old, tattered photo look like new. Here I take a new photo to make it look old. I wanted it to look as if I’d discovered it in a dusty antique … Continue reading

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Mossi Tribe of Ouagadougou

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A village near Ouadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa. We camped in a similar village to this one. The villages were composed of maybe 6 or 8 homes made of adobe with thatched roofs. The huts were round and the doorways … Continue reading

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