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Uzbekistan 2012 I like to be invisible to the people I photograph. I like them to be natural, relaxed and unaware of the camera. This portrait is an example of what you get when all goes perfectly. Look at her body… if you … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 I have many photographs of Bokhara because Torie and I spent at least four full days there. We wandered and explored, passing the same streets, saying hello to the same vendors until we arrived at the point where … Continue reading
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan 1989 It was the time of Perestroika and the Russian populace was beginning to feel unwelcome as the Uzbeks, who had been second class citizens, were rising to power. Later many Russians moved back to Mother Russia, but received no welcome … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2012 I prefer to photograph a face that has seen the passage of time, a face that has been etched by life’s vicissitudes, a face that reveals the character of the person. I saw the woman sitting in the … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 These are some of the things and people who caught my eye as our guide rushed us through the market toward the next monument. Torie had the ‘job’ of listening and responding to him. We took turns at … Continue reading
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Nukus, Uzbekistan 2013 After visiting the Savitsky Museum, Torie and I explored the market with our guide. This smiling woman walked toward me and I grabbed a shot of her gold teeth. My guide laughed. Maybe it wasn’t such a … Continue reading
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A few days ago I received an email from Alien Skin software describing one man’s technique using Snap Art 3. (Snap Art 3 turns your photo into a digital painting with a few keystrokes and some analysis on your part … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2013…Market Portraits I bet you’ve never heard the word “costermonger”. I hadn’t either until I read a Masie Dobbs mystery. It’s an old-fashioned term once used in England. It means a vegetable seller. This handsome woman sold her cauliflower in … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2012 There are more than a hundred of these beautiful architectural monuments in Bokhara. This one is a madrassa. Shops for tourists fill the cells that for hundreds and hundreds of years had housed students from the time of the … Continue reading
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Photographs of Bread Bakers and Bread Sellers… Bread is out of favor now, what with the no-gluten craze, the low or no carb craze or just the hard body craze. But who doesn’t love bread? Hot from the oven, slathered … Continue reading
