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Burma 2011 Fat trunks of bamboo tied into rafts lined the bank of the Irrawaddy River near the Mingun Paya. The “Bamboo People” lived in makeshift cabins on the rafts, adding bamboo each day until the raft was large enough … Continue reading
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Morocco: On the Route des Kasbahs 2002 The urn-like kilns of the Haratine potters are visible from the highway: the famed Route des Kasbahs that threads from the Erg Chebbi to Ouarzazte. I always wanted to see the potters at work but my timing was … Continue reading
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Ghana 2003 Oops! I got some lens flare. Maybe if I’d had a lens shade, the glare of the sun on my lens wouldn’t have made that distracting circle of light. It’s twice as bad because it overlaps the boy’s face. … Continue reading
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Noto, Sicily 2015 A chubby-cheeked boy lets me hold his parakeet. I’d never held a bird that small and I loved the parakeet and the chubby-cheeked boy. The boy held a box of “fortunes” printed on tiny pieces of folded … Continue reading
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Piazza del Duomo, Ortygia 2015 We sat on the steps of the Church of Santa Lucia. Most likely we were eating a gelato or had just finished eating a gelato. We always got ours in a cup, but the Sicilians … Continue reading
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Istanbul …late 1990’s I noticed them in the park near the Blue Mosque. They sat at a card table. A typewriter lay on the table. It was the “office” of a scribe; the man earned money by writing letters for anyone … Continue reading
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Delhi, India 2009 A young man crouches over his work at the flower market in Delhi. There is something touching about the boy’s posture and his obvious concentration on doing his job well. If you look carefully, you will see … Continue reading
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Tripoli, Libya 1962 Children play in front of an arch built by the Romans. Modern Libyan children will have a whole new set of ruins to play in but I think these Roman ruins are nicer.
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Gujarat, India 2009 She stands in front of her family’s hut or bunga. The colorful designs on the wall of the hut (that I faded to enhance the bright colors of her dress) were painted by her mother, a skill that this Rabari tribe’s women … Continue reading
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A small village on the Irrawaddy River: Burma 2011 The factory encompassed a small brick building on the banks of the Irrawaddy. It was the only structure of made of brick in the entire village. All the huts, where any other commercial … Continue reading
