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China 2007 Children stare at our group. The boy on the left has his eyes narrowed; his expression says he is ready for a fight if necessary. The face of the boy on the right shows uncertainty. He leans backward. … Continue reading
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Palmyra, Syria 2010 I read that ISIS has destroyed this arch as well as the famed temple of Baal. What will it take to restore these beautiful ruins if the terror ever ends?
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Russia 2009 Old buildings seen on the banks of the Volga River. The one on the left looks like an office building and the one on the right looks like a factory. They seemed in good repair and perhaps are … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 The snow capped Ala Too Mountains lie in the distance. In the mid-ground is the Burana tower which was a beacon to silk road caravans. In the foreground are old mill stones lining the path leading to the … Continue reading
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Florence, Italy 2015 The light was perfect when I shot this scene, but somehow the colors of my photo were wrong, wrong, wrong. Looking at my RAW file, I see a blue haze that I didn’t notice when I was in … Continue reading
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Northern Russia 2009 A black and white photograph contains shades of gray called a gray scale. These are graded from 0 to 10 with 0 representing black and 10 representing white. A low key image consists of tones of gray from the … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 The domes and madrassas of Bokhara are bathed in the sun’s gold light. I was happy to see the touch of blue in the shadow on the large dome and I intensified it in Photoshop. I substituted a … Continue reading
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Kizhi Island 2009 Kishi Island, in the center of Lake Onega, showing chapel and home typical of Karelian architecture. It looks typically Scandinavian because the Karelians inhabit areas of Sweden, Finland and part of Russia north of St. Petersburg.
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Gujarat, India 2009 I emphasized these soft, sherbet-like colors with Topaz Impression, a plug-in that turns your photographs into digital paintings. What I remember about this day is that the local people call this desert, “the place where the swallows … Continue reading
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On the coast of West Africa 1989 Where was this? For a bit I couldn’t remember. Then I narrowed it to Senegal.The boats look like the ones docked at Accra in Ghana, though: huge, heavy and human-powered. The people you … Continue reading
