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From Taodenni to Tombouctou

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Mali, West Africa 2005 Touareg men load salt slabs on the backs of their camels in preparation for another day of travel through the Sahara Desert. It was dawn and it was cold. We stood far away from the caravan. If … Continue reading

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Coptic Christians

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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2011 My guide had his hand on my shoulder: Time to go. Like Lot’s wife, I turned back to look as I stepped through the cleft in the thick stone walls of the ancient church. My eye took … Continue reading

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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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Floating Farmers

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Burma: Inle Lake 2011 Men harvest underground vegetation which will be used to build a new floating field on which they will plant or perhaps build a home. Children running across these fields sink with each step. I never saw … Continue reading

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Scanned Colors

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Machu Picchu 2003 I shot this with Kodak Ektachrome which gave a bluish cast to the photo. The clouds had a green tint, the mountains were too blue. The deep tones hid the detail in the mountains. When scanned colors … Continue reading

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Ha Long Bay: a digital silkscreen

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Viet Nam 2005 The light in the scene ranged from deep shade to bright sun. I was shooting slides or positives which have less range than film. Photoshop came to the rescue and turned the scene into the fantasy I … Continue reading

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Digital Painting of a Burma Girl

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Burma 2011 Her job was to wade through an overgrown pond and find something then put it in the bag that was slung over her shoulder. Maybe she was harvesting snails or maybe some edible plant.

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Digital Paintings from Photos #1

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I noticed this woman in the Frankfurt airport. She was in her seventies with mussed gray hair. She was hot and tired and unhappy because we were being shuffled in and out of the lounge. Our passports and bodies had been examined … Continue reading

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Spring in Transylvania

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Transylvania, Romania 2012 The wonderful smell of freshly plowed earth filled the air. Lumbering oxen slowly pulled wagons loaded with hay down winding roads. Gypsy families uprooted their camps and hit the open road. It was springtime in the country. … Continue reading

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Portrait of an Uzbek Patriarch

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Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 An elderly man, who appeared woozy, sat on a cement wall. His family, mostly women, hovered over him with worried expressions. One of the women, reached into her carryall, retrieved a large thermos and poured out a … Continue reading

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