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Turmi, Ethiopia 2013 A market is serious business. A time to sell and earn a bit of cash. The market was filled with Hamar people. The women wore leather skirts and vests. Their hair had been dressed with red mud. Red ochre dripped down to … Continue reading
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China: Yunnan Province 2005 I think of Shangri La when I see this photo: the small plots of cropland cascading colors of red, yellow and green, ending in a ‘river’ of color flowing between the mountains. Shangri La implies a paradise, though, and … Continue reading
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China, Yunnan Province 2005 A Hani mother carries her sweet-faced baby on her back while she shops at a country market. The colorful fabric used to tie the baby to her body is typical of her tribe’s embroidery. Women of the … Continue reading
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China 2007 Doesn’t the wall remind you of a dragon as it makes it way over the mountains? We had taken a taxi to the wall to avoid crowds of tourists. As we began our walk we noticed a ski-lift. … Continue reading
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Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China 2003 A Uyghur farrier readies a supply of horseshoes. His shop was in the back streets of old Kashgar. Somnolent donkeys lined up to be shod. Donkeys are still the main transporters of goods. Many small … Continue reading
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Kashgar, Western China 2003 Young Uyghur men at work baking a bagel like bread. They use a tandoor oven as do bakers in India and Central Asia. Culture oozes across borders affecting food, clothing, crafts and just about everything. The … Continue reading
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China, Yunnan Province 2005 Harvest time is intense. Crops must be cut at the peak of ripeness. The threat of rain means that the entire village is in the fields working from dawn to dusk. Here a mother harvests rice … Continue reading
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China, Xinjiang Province 2003 At first I imagined that these young men were selling the brooms that their mothers made, but after looking at the photo I got the idea that they had purchased them from a factory of sorts. … Continue reading
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Quinghai, Province, China 2007 Young men love motorcycles and monks are no exception. I don’t remember watching them ride away with robes flying, but that would have been a good shot…if. Loose clothing and motorcycles don’t mix. Remember what happened … Continue reading
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The Gambia, West Africa 1998 A lone swimmer enters the water near the mouth of the Gambia River as our ferry docks. We can almost feel the coolness of the water on his skin because I’ve saturated the cool blues and cyans … Continue reading
