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Portrait of a Burmese Woman

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Somewhere in Burma, 2011 This poor woman was sitting, minding her own business when I walked by. She was on the porch of her small home, completely oblivious to me and my camera.  An open door behind her framed her handsome portrait in black. … Continue reading

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On the Banks of the Niger River

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Mopti, Mali 1997 The patch-work sail billows over a pinnasse loaded with firewood headed to the market of Mopti. The man in front watches for submerged mud banks that could ground his boat. In the rear another man holds the tiller. The … Continue reading

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Floating Market: Bangkok

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Bangkok, Thailand 2007 I’ve tried several times to turn one of my photos into a sketch,  but have never liked any of the results until yesterday. My first iteration of this shot evolved into bright, highly saturated cartoon-like colors that … Continue reading

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Statuesque

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Eastern Turkey 2008 The things a person can do with Photoshop and Topaz and Alien-Skin and Nik Filters!!! Here is a portrait of a Kurdish woman whose classic features reminded me of a Greek statue or an Art Deco advertisement. She … Continue reading

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Daydreams in Photoshop

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A cobbler mends shoes in an outdoor market in Khiva, Uzbekistan. I try to posterized my shots because this look is my favorite. Some shots work and some don’t. I try many ways to accomplish this look. I use software … Continue reading

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The Arab Street Redux

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Tripoli, Libya 1960 A boy buys bread on the streets of Tripoli. The vendor picks the bread up with a skewer while holding a newspaper in his left hand. He will wrap the young man’s purchase in the newspaper. The fellow on the left seems … Continue reading

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Photo Paintings

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Today I’ll post some “paintings” I made from photos. You can buy software such as Alien Skin’s Snap Art and Topaz Labs’ Simplify and Impression but sometimes you can do just as well on your own by sandwiching two photos … Continue reading

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Arbat Street Reflection

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  Moscow, Russia 2009 Arbat Street is a place where you can meet your old friends or find new ones. Musicians play for donations, artists display canvasses, hucksters sell doo-dads from China and lovers stroll. When we were here in … Continue reading

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Retro Look for Photographs

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Eastern Mongolia 2014 I wanted to make this shot of the “queen” look as if it were printed on an old card, as if it had been hidden in an old sutra box. I can’t describe how I did it exactly … Continue reading

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Mongolian Queen

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Mongolia 2014 As I told you in an earlier post, I have hundreds of photos of this woman whom Jim Zuckerman hired for a highlight photo shoot. Despite our group being the most polite group of photographers I’d ever been part of, … Continue reading

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