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Fez, Morocco: Water Seller

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Rosemary
Stylized portrait of a Moroccan Water Seller

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Fez, Morocco 1995 I love this vintage travel poster look! If only I could get all my photos to work the way this one does. But they won’t. I used Alien Skin’s Snap Art to get this effect. It wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Caucasus Village

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Rosemary
Georgia: tinted landscape of a Caucasus village

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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 You can tell we were at about 8000ft because of the lack of trees. It is cold in Ushguli. For six months of the  year the village is blanketed with snow. The people were hardy. The men were … Continue reading →

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Life on the Armenian Road

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Rosemary
herd of cattle, sheep and horses on the move to Azerbaijan border

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Armenia 2016 It was fall when I visited the Caucasus. And a common sight were the huge herds of sheep and other livestock moving down the center of a modern highway. This was a situation where a drone would get … Continue reading →

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Coppersmith in Damascus Souk

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Rosemary
digital painting of coppersmith in the Damascus Souk

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Damascus, Syria 2010 This is the last of my coppersmiths from the Hamadiya souk. It was dark in there and this man’s workshop had the least light. But I saved it! I used my plug-ins: Exposure from Alien Skin to … Continue reading →

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The Czech Grandmother

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Rosemary
a grandmotherly woman works in a potato field on a collective farm inCzechoslovakia

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Czechoslovakia 1989 Four women formed the brigade from the collective farm. Apparently they were good workers because there were no weeds among the long, green rows of potato plants. I’ve shown the other women on a previous blog. I never could … Continue reading →

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The View from My Room

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Rosemary
a woman leans out of her window to hang laundry

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Tbilisi, Georgia 2017 I got sick in Tbilisi and I was confined to my hotel room. Luckily, it was a lovely room with a balcony that overlooked a narrow street in the old quarter. I could see the bathhouse that … Continue reading →

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CURIOUS

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Rosemary
Rural China:Two pigs lean out of a window

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Guilin, China 2005 “Some animals are more equal than others.”  I’ve been watching a film about the life of George Orwell and thought of this quote from his book, “Animal Farm”. The book was a commentary on the rise of … Continue reading →

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The Village Beauty

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Rosemary
Rabari Girl in Gujarati village sits by doorway

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Gujarat, India 2009 This beautiful girl is an orphan, cared for by a relative. My impression was that she was intelligent and industrious. She was quick to do any task at hand and if not otherwise occupied, she attended to … Continue reading →

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Pastel Color Palette

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Rosemary
Mongolian horses stand in a landscape of magical pastel colors

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Western Mongolia 2014 The sky and mountains gave hints of these fantasy colors and I just went with it, using saturation, curves, levels, clarity and gradient tools. It’s fun.

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The Joy of Photography

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Rosemary
plump woman colorfully dressed photographs with her phone

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Kazakhstan 2016 A woman delighting in the joys of photography. Seventy-five percent of all photos taken now are taken with a smart phone. Only 12% are taken with a traditional camera. It is estimated that world wide, more than a trillion photos are … Continue reading →

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