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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.jpg
  • The colorful pagodas of Wat Pho
    PagodasAtWatPho.tif
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  • TheEmpressSittingRoom.tif
  • Walking down this ancient corridor within the Grand Bazaar can feel like running a gauntlet of mongers and touts.i
    20141212-Turkey-Istanbul-639.tif
  • Ancient frescoes adorn Aya Sofya’s massive ceilings.
    20141212-Turkey-Istanbul-687.tif
  • ... Finally, they stopped and grazed on a steep hillside leading down to the rim of the immense green gorge. Thinking it was my last best chance, I crept closer as slowly as I could. Every 4 or 5 paces, the gelatos would simply get up and move equal distance, sit back down and start grazing again. Just as I was developing my theory that gelatas (Bleeding Heart Baboons) seem to have developed a sense of exactly the perfect range from a 70-200mm lens so as to continually entice hope, yet never give you the money shot, this local girl saved my morning session. She caught my eye frolicking through a patch of wildflowers that recently blanketed the hillsides like a patchwork blanket of green and gold with purple highlights that had simple been tossed over a lumpy old sofa.<br />
At first, I was shocked at her apparent immunity to the grandeur of the scene. I guess it’s human nature to place value on things we see as rare or fleeting and take for granted. To this day, she serves as a reminder to me to always treat life like wildflowers, rare and fleeting!
    20141006-Ethiopia-SimienMountains-69.tif
  • 20151011-Flagstaff-LockettMeadow-17.tif
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  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-141.jpg
  • I thought this arch silhouetted would make a nice frame for this composition. It draws your attention to the other arch, that of the dome. Together, they break up the right angles of the architecture.
    20140407-UAEAbuDhabiLiwaMoreebSandDu...tif
  • Knots.tif
  • Ancient frescoes adorn Aya Sofya’s massive ceilings.
    20141212-Turkey-Istanbul-691.tif
  • 20151011-Flagstaff-LockettMeadow-65.tif
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-153.jpg
  • 20140407-UAEAbuDhabiLiwaMoreebSandDu...tif
  • A woman takes a siesta on the steps of Iglesia y Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Merced.
    20140407-UAEAbuDhabiLiwaMoreebSandDu...tif
  • 20140407-UAEAbuDhabiLiwaMoreebSandDu...tif
  • Ancient frescoes adorn Aya Sofya’s massive ceilings.
    20141212-Turkey-Istanbul-693.tif
  • Lockett Meadow Trail
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  • 20140930-Ethiopia-Harar-237.jpg
  • 20141001-Ethiopia-Harar-37.jpg
  • Two geishas pause briefly for a rare portrait between jobs.
    Two Geishas; Kyoto, Japan.tif
  • Formerly the grandest hotel in Saigon, The Hotel de Ville is now known as The People's Committee Building.
    PeoplesCommitteeBuilding.tif
  • HilltribeBabyNappingOnMamasBack.tif
  • Mt. Humphreys, at 12,633 ft. is the highest point in Arizona
    MountHumphries.tif
  • There are two distinct types of images in travel photography; those that you plan for, usually in the form of beautiful landscape photographs, and those which come about serendipitously as you wander the streets with your camera and a keen eye. This is a great example of the latter..I made this portrait in the charming town of Hoi An which is draped with the influence of all the seafaring cultures of both Asia and Europe that have been trading here for over four centuries. I was actually walking back to the old French part of town to photograph some of the buildings and architecture I had seen the day before when the lighting wasn't ideal. I took a shortcut through the main market, figuring Asian markets are always a good source of those afore mentioned serendipitous moments. Wait a minute, can you plan for serendipitous moments? Ah yes, the middle path, Buddha would be proud! Anyway, as I came out the other side of the market I saw this old woman walking towards the market on the other side of the street. I knew instantly, I had to take her portrait. I approached her with a smile and my best attempt at hello in Vietnamese. I quickly found out that we weren't going to understand a single syllable of what each other was saying. Given her age in Vietnam, it very likely she actually speaks three or more languages as many of the older generations can speak, French, Chinese or even Russian. Unfortunately, I am no more familiar with those languages than I am with Vietnamese. Fortunately however, I also found out that it really didn't matter. She was one of the sweetest people I met during my two months in Vietnam. We must have had a twenty minute conversation on that sidewalk. A conversation of meaningless words, yet an incredible amount of understanding and laughter. I was definitely intrigued by her. After all, she has lived through several wars, been colonized, seen governments come and go and probably walked to this market everyday for the past sixty or seventy years.
    Two Toothed Grin.tif
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