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Beauty

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Rajasthan, India This is the type of shot you can get when the sun is beating straight down. This woman was sitting in the shade. That’s where you want your subject to be at mid-day. And that’s where you want … Continue reading

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The Threshers

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Gujarat, India 2009 As I told you in a earlier post, I shot many photos of this scene.  I didn’t vary my viewpoint enough and a certain young man kept getting into my photo. Was that my fault or his??? … Continue reading

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Mounted Police

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San Francisco, California 1961 This looks retro because it is! I shot this with my Kodak Retina IIIc. How I got such a good exposure is beyond me. LUCK. It happens. I was a military nurse and my friend and … Continue reading

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Photographing “Huge “

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Rangoon, Burma 2011 When you want to photograph something as large as the Shwedagon Pagoda or the giant Buddha, what can you do to make it interesting? You can show the crowds below, of course, or try to find a … Continue reading

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The Dassenetch Tribe of Omo Valley

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Ethiopia, Omo Valley 2013 A Dassenetch woman poses with a vessel made from a gourd. I noticed that the Dassenetch women decorated their gourds in a similar style to the Wodaabe of Niger. Many tourists came to the village on this day. … Continue reading

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Rabari Art

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Gujarat, India 2009… A Village in Kutch A Rabari woman adds gold thread to red silk. We visited some master needleworkers and some women who were just learning. The skillful women taught the less skillful. The village women know that they can earn … Continue reading

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Life in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia, south of Addis Ababa 2013 Less than a hundred miles from the capital city of Addis Ababa, we came upon these herders watering cattle. The cattle represented the tribe’s wealth and the young men had the responsibility of their … Continue reading

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Tibetan Cowgirl

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Qinghai, China 2007 We passed a settlement of a few homes and a government building of some sort. This woman had her saddled yak in tow. With the blue of Qinghai Lake and the yellow of the canola field as … Continue reading

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Morocco: The Medina of Fes

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Fes, Morocco 2009 You are more likely to find craftsmen like this man if you leave the touristy part of the souk and explore the alleys which cater to the Fassi. (Fassi is the name for the denizens of Fes.) These … Continue reading

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Istanbul

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Istanbul Skyline 1970’s or 1980’s… The old, narrow street wound to the crest of a hill and I was rewarded with this view of the Galata Bridge and the beautiful skyline of Istanbul. The reds and blues of the photo … Continue reading

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