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Bukovina, Romania 2012 I turned the page of my kitchen calendar on December 1, but didn’t pay attention to the picture until a day later. Each month shows an impressionist painting and December showed a single haystack painted by Monet. I was … Continue reading
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Moscow, Russia 2009 I was told I could only take one camera into the Kremlin. I took my wide angle lens thinking that I’d be shooting architecture. I wasn’t happy with the results. But I never delete, or almost … Continue reading
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Northern Russia 2009 Beauty attracts our eye. It’s ingrained. I could say it is genetic but then I know next to nothing about genetics. The only back up I have to the genetic thing is that studies have shown that even babies … Continue reading
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Khiva, Uzbekistan 2012 The market in Khiva consisted of tables set up on both sides of the street. Vendors had come from near and far to sell their wares. Walking past, looking and being looked at, is fun. The early morning … Continue reading
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Transylvania 2012 There were many “highlights” on my trip through Romania, but I must say staying at the Kalnoky estate was one I’ll never forget. (http://www.rosemarysheel.com/archives/kalnoky-estate) Daniel, my guide, (www.covinnus.com) and I met early to take a photo walk through … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 Torie loved these little trailer like houses. We’d see them sitting forlornly in the middle of an empty prairie or next to a railroad track. They looked, to me, to be an old railroad car with the wheels … Continue reading
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Syria 2010: Before the troubles a man could earn a bit of “tea money” by shining shoes. Here a grandfatherly man sits peacefully in the sun and waits for a customer. Indigo tribal tattoos cover his right hand, a sign that … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 Have you ever seen some of Van Gogh’s early drawings? He couldn’t get the hang of perspective. His drawings looked a lot like something you or I would draw. Then he learned about and decided to buy something called … Continue reading
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Lome, Togo 2000 A bird’s eye view of the Grand Marche’ in Lome. It’s a woman’s world. Now and then a man with flowing robes would stride through the crowd, but it’s the women, the “Madam Benzes”, who carry on the business of buying … Continue reading
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Bokhara Uzbekistan 2013 Geometry. It’s “key” as Cartier-Bresson might have said. Here we have those difficult to photograph towers (cylinders), plus square shapes, arches and triangles. A surfeit of geometry. Did I think all that when I shot this photo? … Continue reading
