Category Archives: culture

Spanish Mission

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New Mexico, U.S.A. 1992 I may have posted this photo, but I reworked it, so I’ll post it again. I still like this one even though 25 years have passed since I shot it while trying to channel Paul Strand. … Continue reading

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Samburu Tribe

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Kenya 1998 We took a few hours off from the animal safari to visit a Samburu village. The Samburu are related to the Maasai. I think some of their customs are similar but the Samburu that we visited were shorter … Continue reading

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Farmerboy

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Lancaster, PA   1992 Work. It makes a man out of a boy.

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Sharp is Good #1

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Mongolia 2014 It’s hard to say which aspect of photography is most important but sharpness has to be a contender for number one. No matter how good your composition or exposure, if it isn’t sharp it is worthless. You can … Continue reading

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Software and Miracles

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Inle Lake, Burma Topaz Impressions turned this photo into a sketch. By reducing the opacity of the Topaz layer and changing the hue and saturation, I arrived at the photo you see above. It was a severe crop from the … Continue reading

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Encounter in Yunnan

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Somewhere in Yunnan Province, China 2005 These hand embroidered shoes were in a little box near the compound wall. They were displayed as if they were for sale.   They don’t look new but the embroidery looks fresh. Here is the … Continue reading

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Ethiopia, Dorze Village

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Ethiopia 2012 How old could this little girl be? Maybe five at the most. But she has adult-sized responsibilities. Maybe her mother told her to care for her sibling, or maybe the girl asked to carry him around. Could be … Continue reading

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Sikh Temple, New Delhi

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New Delhi 2003 A mother teaches her son the way of the Sikhs at a temple in New Delhi.    

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The Girl Who Posed

Ethiopia 2013 She has forgotten me but I have not forgotten her. I remember her constant frown that intimidated me at first but later endeared me to her when I decided that perhaps it meant that she was trying to … Continue reading

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The Girl Who Posed

Ethiopia 2013 I remember her constant frown. At first it intimidated me as we had been told that the Abore tribe were not friendly. Later, after I had shot many photos of her, I got the impression that her frown was because she … Continue reading

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