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  • Formerly the grandest hotel in Saigon, The Hotel de Ville is now known as The People's Committee Building.
    PeoplesCommitteeBuilding.tif
  • One of the many doors inside the Forbidden City that has been refurbished and freshly painted.
    Refurbished Door Inside The Forbidde...tif
  • I can vividly remember as a child seeing a photo similar to this in an elementary school geography book and thinking, someday I must see this in person. It is one of my earliest memories of experiencing wanderlust, a diagnosis that would become a driving force throughout my life. Only later as an adult did I come to find out that this is also the birthplace of Bossa Nova, the bikini, and of course, the world’s largest party. It is also home to over seven million Cariocas, as the locals call themselves, a colorful mix of some of the most beautiful people in the world all packed into the most beautiful urban setting on the planet, Rio de Janeiro.<br />
The geography and people of Rio have created a unique urban sprawl, whereby some of the wealthiest people in Brazil live next to or even beneath some of the poorest. The poor have taken to illegally building favelas or shanty towns on any available space that clings to or straddles Rio’s magnificent mountains. The irony of course, is that it’s the people of the favelas that have the most magnificent views of their Cidade Maravilhosa or Marvelous City. Constantly watching over this marvelous city and all who inhabit it is the enormous statue ofCristo Redentor, Christ the Redeemer. Perched on the tip ofCorcovado, or Hunchback mountain at 2,329 feet above the city, it can be seen from just about anywhere and offers a breathtaking view from it’s base.<br />
Even though this image is on postcards all over the city, I wanted to fulfill my childhood vision to see it and photograph it for myself. After experiencing a week of Carnaval and a month in Rio I hadn’t had the opportunity to get my photo on a clear day. Miraculously, on my last morning in Rio I woke up to this heavenly, clear, blue sky. Risking missing my flight, I raced to the helicopter pad and fulfilled my vision.
    ChristTheRedeemerWatchingOverRio.tif
  • There are five gates from which every body and every thing moves in and out if in this ancient, walled city. No, I’m not talking about Jerusalem, I’m referring to Harar in Eastern Ethiopia. Similar to Jerusalem are the ancient walls and gates, of course, as it’s status within a major religion as a sacred city. In this case, Islam. Yet another anomaly folded into the fabric of Ethiopia. An ancient, holy, MUSLIM city thriving within a country that claims to be the oldest Orthodox Christian country in the world. <br />
Here we see locals spilling out of Shoa Gate into the Shoa Or ‘Christian’ Market.
    20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-124.tif
  • Formerly a city of bicycles, you can still find racks with hundreds of parked bikes throughout Beijing.
    BeijingParkingGarage.tif
  • Forbidden City; Beijing, China
    Antique Door (verticle).tif
  • Artistic Angle.tif
  • Ethiopian tourists stop for group photo in front of Harar's, Ras Makonnen Equestrian Statue.  Ras Makonnen was Emperor Menelik's cousin and was appointed first ruler of Harar after the emperor's occupation of the city. Ras Makonnen was also the father of the Emperor Haile Selassie.
    20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-215.tif
  • The old town of Harar is lined with shops of all sorts built into the walls of the city like the bodega you see here. The shopkeeper seems to be in a losing battle against lethargy.
    20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-75.tif
  • One thing that never ceases to amaze me when I am working in the developing world is people’s propensity for making due with what they have by finding multiple uses for simple, everyday objects. This girl in the ancient walled city of Harar, Ethiopia whimsically and I must say beautifully illustrated that for me with her use of an old pot lid as a hat.
    20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-113.tif
  • A Forbidden City Fire Hydrant.tif
  • Ancient Chinese Doors; The Forbidden...tif
  • A young girl in Tianamen Square says it all!
    Peace.tif
  • This seemingly homeless man somewhat surprisingly still seems supportive of the party.
    APatrioticBottleCollector.tif
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  • HongKongFromMtVictoriaAtNight.tif
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  • HongKongsMidLevels.tif
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  • TheChairmanAndAPupil.tif
  • GateOfHeavenlyPeaceAtDusk.tif
  • Hlltribe Women selling their wares in the capital
    NotFromAroundHere.tif
  • 20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-234.tif
  • Unlike hijabs (head and/or neck scarves worn by muslim women) in Middle-Eastern countries, the women in this tiny muslim enclave in Ethiopia wear vibrant colors just like their non-muslim counterparts across the continent.
    20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-103.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-168.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-112.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-69.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-24.tif
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  • WeatheredDoorInTheForbiddenCity.tif
  • TheEmpressSittingRoom.tif
  • ProtectorGodAtTheGateOfHeavenlyPeace.tif
  • 20141002-Ethiopia-Harar-59.tif
  • The Garments District; Harar; Ethiopia<br />
#harar #ethiopia #oldcity #sewing #yellow #cobblestones
    20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-141.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-85.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-5.tif
  • 20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-255.tif
  • TheThroneRoom.tif
  • This is the ‘Ge Gar’ (Reception Room) of a traditional Harari House I stayed in for a week. The ‘nadaba’ (raised platforms for sitting) have five different levels and is traditionally hierarchal. As a guest, the family granted me access to all levels save the highest one.
    20141002-Ethiopia-Harar-2.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-163.tif
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  • SecretComposition.tif
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  • 20141002-Ethiopia-Harar-36.tif
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  • I saw this girl sitting on the giant roots of this old tree and how her bright yellow hijab leaped out of the background. What’s more, it was the perfect complimentary color to the traditional green stove along the wall behind her. After some initial reluctance, she finally decided to let me make a portrait of her and her favorite place.
    20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-22.tif
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  • As there are no automobiles inside the ancient wall, burros are the preferred work truck. This woman runs a firewood delivery service with her two burros. I crossed paths with having just completed their morning rounds.
    20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-130.tif
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  • A family of goats taking a break on the cool, raised concrete outside a shop that was closed for lunch.
    20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-117.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-101.tif
  • 20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-237.tif
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  • The Bund in Shanghai is a former jewel of the British Empire.
    TheBundAtNight.tif
  • 20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-100.tif
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  • A lone donkey seems to be walking home after work, by himself.
    20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-52.tif
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  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-145.tif
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