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Quotidian

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Bangkok, Thailand 2007 I’m going through some old digital files. I must delete some to make room for the new ones. After years have passed and I’ve glanced over a group of photos many times I’m able to pick out … Continue reading

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Man from Damascus

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Damascus, Syria 2010 It’s easy for me to fall in love. I have fallen in love with many people during my travels from the little girls in an Indian village who followed me down dusty streets and called to me … Continue reading

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Tall and Lovely

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Ethiopia, 2013 No words are needed today. One tip I can tell you about shooting portraits: have your subject stand a bit away from the background. This is a tip I learned while on the trip to Ethiopia. It does … Continue reading

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Shwedagon Pagoda

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Yangon, Burma 2011 Flames burn before one of the hundreds of gilded statues of Buddha at Shwedagon Pagoda . The shadows from the setting sun gave me the idea to make this look as if it were a page from an old … Continue reading

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Concentration

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Russia 2009 Our bus crept through a Moscow intersection. I glanced out of my window and spotted this man on an apartment balcony and realized that Pushkin still lived!  Got one shot as the bus pulled forward. The man’s haircut, beard … Continue reading

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Form and Shadow

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Charleston, South Carolina 2011 This is another reason that I don’t delete. I missed this when I was looking over my shots from our vacation in Charleston. This morning it caught my eye and look how lovely it is. No … Continue reading

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Karelia, Russia

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Northern Russia 2009 This reminds me of the many country churches in South Carolina where I grew up. Of course, they would have been Protestant churches and they would have been painted white and the fence would have been barbed wire … Continue reading

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Silhouette in Fog

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Yunnan Province, China 2005 We seldom saw a house among the fields of corn and canola. Most of the farmers lived in the village. Here a man leads his donkey and her foal home after a hard day’s work. The … Continue reading

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Horse Portrait

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  Trakehner in Cross-Ties Southern California 2014 I’m trying to find a new photographic interest. With the whole world on fire nowadays, I’ve got to look to my backyard so to speak. It may be horses if I can make some … Continue reading

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Sumela Monastery, Eastern Turkey

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  Trabzon, Turkey 2008 Many of the frescoes in the monastery church (founded 380 AD) were damaged by Muslims who were offended by the representation of human figures. This figure of Christ adorned the main basilica. I am fascinated by the heavenward lifted … Continue reading

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