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Voodoo in Togo

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Togo 2001 We arrived at the village in dugout canoes. The excited villagers stood or sat around a clearing listening to the drummers. This young woman, her eyes half-closed, danced into the circle. She carried a “bouquet” of straw and … Continue reading

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Witch Doctor

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Togo 2003 Our leader, Alberto Nicheli, referred to this man as a “fetish priest”. I titled this page as “witch doctor” because you will be familiar with that term, but this man did not fit our idea of a witch … Continue reading

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Uyghurs

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Kashgar, China 2003 Uyghur families travel to the market in Kashgar. I was shooting film (slides) and took very few shots. Luckily some are good enough. If I had used digital, I’d have had hundreds of shots but still this … Continue reading

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Copying the Greats

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Rosemary’s House 2018 I gave myself a book of Irving Penn’s photographs for Christmas. As luck would have it, Mr. Penn had photographed an Amaryllis and since I still had my Amaryllis, I decided to take note. Mr. Penn, I … Continue reading

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Mt. Ararat

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Armenia 2016 I don’t know why it was but it seemed that whenever we could see Mt. Ararat, we became desperate to get a good shot of it even though we had already shot it from several angles and foregrounds. … Continue reading

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Desert Landscape

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Kazakhstan 2015 We were turned loose to shoot the colorful but barren landscape of Altyn Emel Park in the late afternoon. Our leader pointed out subject possibilities. Thank God for that! My mind was blank. The others hurried along carrying their … Continue reading

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Getting Serious

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Rosemary’s House 2017 I first heard about orchids when my high school girl friends would speak dreamily of receiving an orchid corsage from their prom date. That corsage meant that the boy had asked the girl to  “go steady”.  And back in … Continue reading

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Portrait of an Amaryllis

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At Rosemary’s house…2017 A friend gave me an Amaryllis plant for Christmas. I don’t have a green thumb so I made my husband plant the bulb. I did keep it watered, though. And it grew into this gorgeous creature. It … Continue reading

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Bull Riding

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CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. Now cowboys wear protective helmets. And they need them! In days past, their only protection was a Stetson.

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Rainy Day in Dongchuan

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Yunnan Province, China, 2005 School children carrying umbrellas make their way to school. I used some of Topaz Labs software to color this and Nik Filters to give the squiggly look. And I used Alien Skin’s Exposure X. If I … Continue reading

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