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Waiting in the Sahara

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Sahara Desert, somewhere in Mauritania 2005 Our small caravan of 4×4’s stopped in a small settlement in the empty sands of Mauritania. We tourists crawled into a straw hut to escape the heat. We drank warm Coca Colas, which we bought from these … Continue reading

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Dawn in Gujarat

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Gujarat, India 2009 Farmers cross the river carrying ‘headloads’ of animal fodder.  A festival was in progress. It was a good time to sell to the pilgrims.  

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Separation and Composition

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Ayutthaya, Thailand 2007 Recently I was told to keep some space between objects in the foreground and background..in other words, don’t let them overlap. I had never heard of that “rule”. And maybe I’m easily influenced but, now that I’ve … Continue reading

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Environmental Action Shot

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Turkistan, Kazakhstan 2016 I shot this with my zoom lens on its widest setting…28mm. The wide angle tells a story by including the environment.  I wanted my shot to have a bit of tension that accompanies any sporting contest.  Notice the dogs … Continue reading

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Party at Ayazkala

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Ayazkala, Uzbekistan 2012 We all danced that night. I remember getting out of breath trying to copy the Uzbek way of dancing. It involved a lot of hopping steps, sort of like running in place. I grabbed my camera as … Continue reading

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Icons of Egypt

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Egypt 1998 I used some of my plug-ins to add this golden sandstorm look to my photo. You’ve got to try to make your photo different even though there are millions of photos of these Egyptian icons. Plug-ins make that … Continue reading

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Portrait of a Berber Girl

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Morocco,  between Ouarzazate and the Erg Chebbi 2000 I’d often see groups of women carrying loads of desert brush homeward. I had the impression from my friend’s family, that this was a chore most women disliked. He told me proudly that he … Continue reading

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Russian Fortress of St. Peter and Paul

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St. Petersburg, Russia Another view from the bus window as we waited for the light to change. The bridge support seems to loom rather threateningly over the scene. I enhanced this with a vignette of black but made sure to keep … Continue reading

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Tobacco Harvest

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Yunnan China 2005 I made the driver stop when I saw this man and his family drying their tobacco crop. The tobacco leaves were tied to long poles and were hung in a barn. Never mind if the barn was a … Continue reading

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Café Society

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Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1989 Notice the Berets these men wear. Every man in Eastern Europe wore a beret before all those danged baseball caps became popular. Those Berets make this photo. They’d make any photo. But no one wears them anymore. And … Continue reading

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