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Calligraphy on a Bamboo Split

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Rosemary
Laos: a Buddhist monk writes on a bamboo split

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Laos, Luang Prabang 2007 A monk writes a Buddhist scripture on a bamboo split. I made this a black and white to add a sense of mystery. I made sure to lighten his hands holding the stylus and the split.

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Beehive Houses

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Rosemary
beehive house on farm in Syria

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Syria 2010 Only a few of these lovely little houses remain where once they were plentiful. They remind me of the houses called trulli, in southern Italy.  The Italian houses are made of stone but similar design. The Italians are preserving … Continue reading →

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Genteel

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Rosemary
Thailand: woman with paper umbrella

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Chiang Mai Thailand 2007 She worked in a craft shop making paper umbrellas. But she could have been sitting in the living room of a mansion offering her guests tea…she seemed a vision from the past. I used Topaz software … Continue reading →

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Retro Angkor Thom

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Rosemary
Angkor Thom Gate with pedicab

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Angkor Thom 2011 The gate to Angkor Thom without tourists. How did that happen unless this shot was taken fifty years ago? and that couldn’t be because they didn’t have roads or motorcycle- powered pedicabs in those days. To be honest, … Continue reading →

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Market Day in Dongchuan

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Rosemary
mushrooms in a rural Chinese market

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Rural China 2005 I shot these mushrooms in a covered market in a rural Chinese town. Of course, a rural town in China often has a population of 16 million. No matter. If you were there you would know it was … Continue reading →

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Reverence

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Rosemary
Burma: Buddhist monk gazes at holy book

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Mandalay, Burma 2011 The master of a monastery in Mandalay meditates on his manuscript. Too alliterative?  

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Somewhere in Anatolia

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Rosemary
Konya Turkey: girl stands in doorway of old house

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Turkey, early 1990’s I’m not sure this is Konya but it could be. I’ve never printed this photo before but the scene is a sweet one: two school girls still wearing their pinafore have arrived home. I love the body … Continue reading →

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Russian Village

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Rosemary
Russian village digital painting

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Northern Russia 2009 I’ve gotten the idea, from my reading, that villages in old Russia were rather tumbledown affairs. Maybe it was due to the long, harsh winters where any improvements done in the summer were quickly undone by heavy snows. And … Continue reading →

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Istanbul Streets

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Rosemary
Street Vendor Istanbul 1990

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Istanbul:  in the 90’s In traditional Islamic households, the men do the shopping. The woman might give her man a list but he does the marketing. You could say, “Oh, the poor woman stuck in her house.” Or you could … Continue reading →

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Istanbul Neighborhood

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Rosemary
Istanbul: black and white street scene with borek pushcarts

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Istanbul sometime in the late 90’s I’ve just finished reading Orhan Pamuk’s latest book, “A Strangeness in My Mind” and the book has caused me to have my own mental “strangeness”. The book tells of a poor man, Mevlut, who sells yogurt and … Continue reading →

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