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Antediluvian

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The Harvesters Gujarat, India 2009 All of the young people from the village worked to bring in the wheat. The women looked like walking haystacks as they hauled bundles of shocked wheat to the men who threshed the wheat by … Continue reading

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“Burmese Stroller”

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Burma 2011 A village near Bagan: a woman carries her baby and a supply of firewood as she hurries home. The baby held tightly to the rim of the basket. Otherwise he was as happy as any baby who is … Continue reading

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Romania As It Used to Be

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Romania 1989 A bus carrying Romanian villagers had broken down on a mountain road. The villagers piled out with their bundles containing homemade sausage, cheese and bread. They didn’t forget to bring the bottles of palinka, an apricot brandy distilled … Continue reading

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Hani People of Yunnan

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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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Reclining Woman

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Jaisalmer, India 2005 A young woman and her baby had been napping in a storage shed when we awoke them. It seemed she couldn’t believe her eyes when she opened them to see us standing there with our cameras in … Continue reading

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A Day in the Life: Berber Women

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Morocco’s Southeast 2003 Bread is truly the staff of life among the Berber people of Morocco. Berbers prefer meat and lots of it, but the mainstay of their diet is bread. Bread is baked daily and is at its best before it … Continue reading

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Destiny

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Gujarat, India 2009 In poor Indian families, girls start working as soon as they can run and fetch. Soon they are balancing water jugs on their heads, tending babies, taking the animals to graze to name just a few chores. Yesterday … Continue reading

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Afternoon in Burma

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Burma, a village on the banks of the Irrawaddy River. 2011  A woman boils water for drinking. I can’t think that she does much else in that huge pot. And she has her thermos ready and waiting there on the left in the … Continue reading

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Chinese Peasants at Work

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Yunnan Province, China 2005 A Chinese farmer heads home for the day. He carries a typical basket on his back. Farmers don’t leave home without it. They carry their tools in it, throw the harvested crop in it and maybe … Continue reading

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The Old Days

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Yunnan Province, China 2005 I’ve been scanning my slides and negatives. Yesterday I decided to scan some negatives of China. I’d developed the film back in 2005 and placed the negatives in sleeves but never made proof sheets. I must have … Continue reading

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