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Bangkok’s Grand Palace

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Bangkok, Thailand 2007 Doesn’t this look like a city in outer space? I can just imagine the Jetson’s living in one of those towers.  Or to be more current, maybe this reminds you of something from Star Wars? Those towers, … Continue reading

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The Woman from Transylvania

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Romania 2012 I saw this woman wearing her traditional dress in the city of Cluj. She sat near her market stand, gazing up at her wares. I loved her and her clothing but not the environment of a city street market. … Continue reading

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The Chinese Economy

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China 2005 We hear a lot about how China is going to eat our lunch economically. To give you another viewpoint, the viewpoint of a German economist, click on this link: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-12/u-s-is-no-1-china-is-so-yesterday I do recommend reading that article, but if … Continue reading

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Life in a Romanian Village

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Romania 2012 Doesn’t this remind you of a story by Tolstoy? The two men walking down the road could well be smug officials who have threatened the poor mother and son who are trying only to make a living with their … Continue reading

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A Moment in Addis

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Addis Ababa 2013 A woman prays in the corner of the church courtyard. The woman didn’t know that I’d shot her portrait. She wouldn’t have liked it. I know that because our leader asked to take a photo and the woman angrily refused. … Continue reading

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The Taj Mahal

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Agra, India 2003 Sometimes you wish you could be alone at a famous landmark like the Taj. Unless you are important, you won’t be. You’ll be contending with tourists and caretakers and gardeners… unlike the ‘big boys’. One way to … Continue reading

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Nuns on U Bein Bridge

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Burma 2011 Luckily I carried a full frame,  all purpose lens on my crop frame camera. This allowed me to have a zoom of 400mm and enabled me to shoot a shot like this one.  So very satisfying. I remember … Continue reading

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Voodoo in Togo

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Togo 2001 We had driven from Lome into the bush where we parked by a canal and met some Togolese boatmen who had been hired to take us to a small ‘island’. It must have been near the ocean as when the … Continue reading

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Dogon People

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A Dogon village in Mali 2001 or thereabouts I scanned some old negatives from a trip to Mali yesterday. I was hoping for a good shot of a Dogon village but because we arrived in mid-day, the monochromatic color of sun … Continue reading

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Photography Class

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Los Angeles, California 1995 I was in my second or third semester of photography class. I took my camera with me everywhere I went. It’s what a serious photographer does and I was trying to be serious. We were rolling … Continue reading

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