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Fulani or Peul?

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On the Border Between Mali and Mauritania 2005 We stopped in a market town where the Fulani or Peul (the French call this tribe Peul) women wore these coin headdresses. This woman has a tattoo on her chin in addition … Continue reading

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Eye To Eye

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Gujarat, India 2009 A young man stares into my lens. He holds a few stalks of sugar cane. I used Alien Skin’s Exposure 7 to get this stark look.

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Padaung Weaver

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Burma 2011 Portrait of a Padaung girl weaving. Her mother owned or ran a shop selling their weavings among other items. The entire family willingly posed for us. The problem was that our guide dictated the poses and I never got … Continue reading

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All You Need

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Burma 2011 I remember how difficult it was shooting in these old teak monasteries. Shards of blinding sunlight entered the doorways and bounced off the wooden floors. Shadows, blacker than the ancient carved teak doors, oozed from the interior depths.  The sauna of the … Continue reading

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Fez Medina Tannery

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Fez, Morocco 2009 I shot this from a shop in the medina. The salesman hoped I’d buy some babouche or Moroccan slippers in return. It’s always quid pro quo in Morocco.

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Life on a Canal

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China 2003 I always liked this photo. The man’s curved arms look rather as if he is doing ballet. I’ve got a good reflection and I think it is sharp. A friend told me recently that reflections should be sharp. I … Continue reading

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Mass in Lalibela

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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 Worshippers file out of the ancient stone church. A boy looks up at me as I press the shutter. His luminous eyes catch the light.  

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Monk at Prayer

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Qinghai Province, China 2007 Zhana Monastery. A young man takes a rest as he circumnavigates the monastery. He doesn’t take a rest from his prayers, though. His unusual hat intrigued me. It looks like a prototype of the ubiquitous baseball … Continue reading

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Man in a Straw Hat

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Florence, Italy 2015 We got off the train from Rome and headed toward the Uffizi Gallery. My daughter spotted a leather shop her friends had recommended and that derailed us. I waited on the street and photographed whatever took my … Continue reading

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Mongolian Shaman

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Mongolia 2014 The shaman’s eyes were hidden behind his elaborate headdress. The three dots of red from which stream braided and beaded thongs become his “eyes”. Now he has three eyes.  He stares at me as he slowly beats the drum. The … Continue reading

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