Category Archives: costume

Competition

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Rosemary
Kazakh men compete in games of strength and horsemanship

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A village in Kazakhstan, 2016 The idea is to pull your opponent off his horse.

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Contemplation

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Rosemary
b/w photo of Ethiopia woman walking in canyon with a staff

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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 A woman uses a prayer-stick as a staff as she visits the ancient stone churches of Lalibela. A basic rule for printing black and white photos is to make sure your blacks are truly black and your … Continue reading →

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Qinghai Provence

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Rosemary
Girl in traditional Tibetan dress stares over mountains

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China, 2007 We brought a lovely young Tibetan girl with us. She had a wardrobe of traditional clothing that her mother had sewn for her. Our leader always asked her to stand with her back to us. He didn’t want … Continue reading →

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Cusco, Peru

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Rosemary
Peru: young woman in native garb carries her infant on her back

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Cusco, Peru 2003 A young woman, proud of her baby, stops to let me photograph her. Lucky for me the harsh sunlight reflecting from the stone work softened the shadow side of her face. 

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Caucasus Costume

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Rosemary
Georgian couple in traditional costume posed above village in Caucasus Mountains

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Caucasus Mountains 2016 Actors dressed in traditional Georgian costume pose in front of the ancient village of Ushguli. I added a rose-colored filter to give the effect of a postcard that had been stored for generations.    

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Offerings for Theyyam

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Rosemary
Mangalore, India:hands hold offerings for Theyyam

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Kasaragod, Mangalore State, India 2009 The point of our trip was to shoot the Theyyam ceremonies. We’d get to the temple, which was a rather simple affair, and stand for hours watching the preparations. Then the ceremony would begin and … Continue reading →

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Waiting in the Sahara

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Rosemary
two men in flowing garments stand in the sands of the Sahara Desert

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Sahara Desert, somewhere in Mauritania 2005 Our small caravan of 4×4’s stopped in a small settlement in the empty sands of Mauritania. We tourists crawled into a straw hut to escape the heat. We drank warm Coca Colas, which we bought from these … Continue reading →

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Party at Ayazkala

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Rosemary
Uzbek musicians play as sun sets on Ayazakala

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Ayazkala, Uzbekistan 2012 We all danced that night. I remember getting out of breath trying to copy the Uzbek way of dancing. It involved a lot of hopping steps, sort of like running in place. I grabbed my camera as … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a Berber Girl

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Rosemary
Berber girl carries a huge load of firewood on her back

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Morocco,  between Ouarzazate and the Erg Chebbi 2000 I’d often see groups of women carrying loads of desert brush homeward. I had the impression from my friend’s family, that this was a chore most women disliked. He told me proudly that he … Continue reading →

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Café Society

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Rosemary
Yugoslavian men chat at a cafe table 1989

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Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1989 Notice the Berets these men wear. Every man in Eastern Europe wore a beret before all those danged baseball caps became popular. Those Berets make this photo. They’d make any photo. But no one wears them anymore. And … Continue reading →

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