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Afternoon Rain

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Utah, U.S.A 2013       Looking toward Monument Valley from Cedar Mesa I could see rain falling on Monument Valley as I stood on the top of Cedar Mesa. And I thought of Clifford, our Navajo guide, who,  a couple of days earlier, had offered a … Continue reading

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Roman Ruins of Apamea

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Syria 2010 A digital painting done with Alien Skin’s Snap Art 3.  If you have a plethora of shots of the same subject, it is good to vary them with a digital painting software. That is my opinion.  

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Chinese Peasants at Work

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Yunnan Province, China 2005 A Chinese farmer heads home for the day. He carries a typical basket on his back. Farmers don’t leave home without it. They carry their tools in it, throw the harvested crop in it and maybe … Continue reading

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Dancing Bears

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India: on route to Agra or maybe it was somewhere else…2004 It’s rare to see buskers like these with their ‘pet’ animals. I’m guessing they are gypsy men as keeping ‘dancing’ bears used to be common among gypsies where ever … Continue reading

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The Epitome of Smug

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Beijing, China 2007 If I’m going on a tour, I like to arrive a day early to adjust to the time change.  Sometimes I sleep the whole 24 hours and sometimes I go for a wander. On this day, my … Continue reading

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Socialist Realism

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Damascus, Syria 2010…in the Hammadiya Souk The coppersmith’s souk is on a dark alley: small workshops where sweating men hammer out copper utensils. The lack of light contrasts with the flame of the forge. Atmosphere galore, as we used to say, but … Continue reading

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Voodoo with Fire

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Northern Togo 2003 We were driving to Lome zigzagging through the landscape to see as many traditional African customs as possible. We arrived in this village after dark. A fire blazed brightly. Villagers milled about in the shadows staring at us. We were the … Continue reading

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Landscape Turned Lavender

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Yunnan Province, China 2005 Back in the day when I began photography class, there was a best selling print of mountain silhouettes done in various hues. I wanted to make a photograph like that one, but have never succeeded. The memory faded but didn’t … Continue reading

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Wooden Monasteries of Burma

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Bagan, Burma 2011 Nat Taung Kyaung Monastery: I used Photoshop to make this look as if I’d had a fish-eye lens. Go to transform>perspective and straighten the towers. Then open transform> warp and exaggerate the aspect of the photo that you … Continue reading

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Somba Warriors

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West Africa 2000: A Somba village in Northern Benin After we had looked around the village, Alberto got the idea to offer money to the men if they would fight. The Somba are known to be fighters and still use … Continue reading

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