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Timbuktu or Tombouctou

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Mali: Timbuktu or Tombouctou 2005 We returned to Timbuktu mid-morning. Our 5000KM trek through the Sahara was over. The first signs of Timbuktu were the houses of the Bella, vassals to the Touareg. The houses are made of reeds most likely … Continue reading

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Scenes from a Thai Village

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Northern Thailand 2007 The Mekong River flowed past the village. Flat bottomed skiffs belonging to the villagers crowded the river bank. As we disembarked from our long boat crowds of children came to greet us. They were well-behaved but curious. We walked through … Continue reading

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Life on the Irrawaddy River

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Burma 2011 Fat trunks of bamboo tied into rafts lined the bank of the Irrawaddy River near the Mingun Paya. The “Bamboo People” lived in makeshift cabins on the rafts, adding bamboo each day until the raft was large enough … Continue reading

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Panning

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 Burma 2011 Learning to pan is not easy but it’s fun, especially when you are stuck waiting by the side of the road as I was. Here are some basic instructions:  You need to follow the subject with your camera held to … Continue reading

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Burkina Faso Art

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Burkina Faso 2000 I’m going to make a print of this today. Could anything be more beautiful? The uneven checkerboard design, the diamonds becoming triangles…were there two artists and one forgot the design or had the artist simply been inspired??? The … Continue reading

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Bagan at Dawn

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Bagan, Burma 2011 My eye kept going to this temple because it was the brightest spot in the landscape. Although it is dead center, the other temples balance it and I find this viewpoint satisfactory. Maybe it is because the … Continue reading

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Rural Romania

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Romania 2012 I wanted to touch the sheep or at least get close enough to get a sheep portrait, but they were too skittish. The shepherds gave me permission to try but I think only because my efforts made them … Continue reading

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In a Burmese Tea House

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Burma 2011 We stopped at a tea house for lunch. A few women were sitting out the rainstorm. As we waited for our food…I ordered noodles…I photographed the women. I ask by pointing to my camera. The women probably didn’t want me … Continue reading

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Libya As It Was

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Libya 1962 An Arab man shops for a dress in the Tripoli souk. He has thrown his toga over his head…no doubt from the effort of trying to please a woman who waits at home. The man peering into the doorway … Continue reading

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More Vintage Libya

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Tripoli, Libya 1962 Don’t you love those men wearing the toga-like garment? But you can see the young men want to wear western clothes. Once I was met in Casablanca by a Berber driver from Merzouga. He wore a chech (turban) and … Continue reading

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