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  • A local woman glides down one of many ancient, colorful , cobblestone alleyways of Harar. <br />
*Recently, this photograph was one of three winning AWIF images in the International Travel Photography Awards Third Collection.
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  • A young girl in Tianamen Square says it all!
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  • I jumped into the parade for a brief moment to get this shot from a band member's perspective.
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  • Everything about Aya Sofya was done on a grand scale, including the windows.
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  • Beijing's Wangfujing nightly food market is a great place to try some of China's most exotic and downright bizarre snacks.
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  • 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.
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  • This old church has long since lost it's dome and roof.
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  • Sunlight pours through the windows of the South Gallery.
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  • An amazing troupe of jugglers peforms during an acrobatic show at The Shanghai Grand Theatre.
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  • This seemingly homeless man somewhat surprisingly still seems supportive of the party.
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  • This perspective from atop Church of St. George really imagine what it really took to slowly create this intricate monolith of a church out of this solid stone outcropping.
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  • Best known of Lalibela’s rock hewn churches, Church of St. George is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has often been called the Eighth Wonder of the World. I feel like there’s probably 100 “Eighth Wonders of the World” but this church definitely qualifies. It was carved downward through the hard volcanic tuff before chiseling out the inside. It’s such a mind-numbing feat, the locals claim all eleven of Lalibela’s rock-hewn churches were carved by angels at night while the real workers were sleeping. Whether people 800-years-ago carved out this church with rudimentary tools or they had the power to summon angels to do the work, either way it’s a miraculous achievement.
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  • This section of The Great Wall of China has been incredibly well maintained and is also less crowded with tourists than the Badaling section which is closer to Beijing.
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  • This photograph perfectly illustrates China's generational shift towards modernization as an elderly woman practices the ancient art of Tai Chi with the ultra modern Pudong district in the background.
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  • One of Shanghai's world famous acrobats jumps through a hoop several feet off of the ground.
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  • A statue of Chen Yi, the first communist mayor of Shangahai looks prominently over The Bund.
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  • A young girl savors an orange as she sits in the doorway of her home.
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  • Sunlight pours through the windows of the South Gallery.
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  • The “chira” (fly swatter) is made of horsehair and has been the most immediately recognizable part of the Christian Ethiopian Empire’s regalia for centuries.
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  • This is the small chapel adjacent to the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. It is said to house the Ark of the Covenant and therefore The Ten Commandments inside. Of course, only a ‘guardian’ is allowed access beyond the fencing immediately surrounding the chapel. I, as a foreigner was only allowed to get as close as this photograph indicates. That was plenty close for me as it allowed me to shoot not only the chapel, but the revelers in front of it all bathed in beautiful golden hour light. Besides, who wants to risk getting their face melted off like a Nazi in Raiders of the lost Ark? The Legend is that Menelik, the son of King Solomon and a beautiful African Queen from Axum named Makeda (Queen of Sheba), brought it back to his homeland of Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
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  • I made this photograph on the side of the road during a brief stop on the long and winding road to Axum.
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  • Two things in this scene really grabbed my attention and inspired me to make this photograph. Comment below what you think they were.
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  • A man on a drudging ship purges his excess on the great Yangtze River.
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  • Tai chi is still extremely popular with the older generations in China and you can always find a group practicing in the early morning.
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  • A boatman peers out from his world on the Huangpu River.
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  • One of the many doors inside the Forbidden City that has been refurbished and freshly painted.
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  • Two ladies perform traditional Chinese opera in the park.
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  • Chinese people take relaxing in the park to a whole new level!
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  • Formerly a city of bicycles, you can still find racks with hundreds of parked bikes throughout Beijing.
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  • This gentleman is the orthodox high priest of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Upon finishing an outdoor mass he approached me and asked if I wanted to go inside to see crypts of Haile Selassie a.k.a. Ras Tafari and his wife which are kept inside, adjacent to the vestibule. He must have thought I was with Nat Geo or something as apparently they usually charge a ‘museum’ fee for that. I’m sure it’s intended to not only, well, raise money for the church, but also as a means to restrict the crowds and prevent the church from becoming a scene like that at Mao Zedong’s mausoleum. At any rate, I took him up on the offer and moments later found myself standing over the auxumite granite tombs of Emperor Haile Salassie (The Holy One), his wife Empress Menen Asfaw and other family members. I took in the significance of the moment. Not so much out of respect for his status as a leader, but more so from being the huge fan of reggae music that I am. I mean I’ve been hearing about this guy from Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and all of my other favorite rasta’s my whole life! The least I could do is bow my head for the inspiration he gave those fellas, right? <br />
As he was escorting me out, I thanked him quietly yet profusely and asked him if I could make a portrait to remember him by to which he gave an approving nod. I and I left that church feelin’ irie I for the rest of the day!
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  • A mother carries her baby in a sling demonstrating the many uses of her guatemalan textiles.
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  • Created in 1261, the Deesis (Final Judgement) Mosaic was plastered over in 1453 with the fall of Constantinople to the muslim Ottomans, who converted it into a mosque. They were uncovered the first time in the 1840’s only to be plastered over again until their final restoration in 1936. In this image I secluded Mary who is accompanying Jesus, along with John The Baptist on his other side.
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  • This 12th century mosaic has the Emperor John Comnenus II and Empress Eirene flanking the virgin Mary. The Emperor was known as "John The Good" and his wife was also well thought of due to her charitable works.
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  • Built in 537 by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, Aya Sofya is a marvel of both architecture and engineering. It is said to have changed the history of architecture, primarily due to it’s grand dome. It is 32 meters in diameter and 56 meters above the floor. It tops what was the largest church in christianity and even the largest indoor space in the world for over 1,000 years!
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  • It's not just the size of Aya Sofya that is stunning, it's also the meticulous attention the the smallest of details.
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  • The whirling dance, known as "Sema" in Turkish, is actually a deeply spiritual ritual for the Mevlevi Order of Sufism and has even been declared a UNESCO Heritage of Humanity.
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  • Detail shot of one of The Church of St. George’s carved windows and lichen.
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  • A worshipper leans on his cane in a moment of deep reflection.
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  • “wildflowers 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.”
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  • Pilgrims from all across Ethiopia trickle here to worship at Ethiopia’s holiest church, Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum. It claims to house the actual Ark of The Covenant in a small chapel behind it.
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  • Mikael Cemetery is just outside of town on an adjacent hillside and below the Christian church of the same name. Ironically, unlike the ancient town it serves, the cemetery has no walls or gates. Therefore, you can expect locals to be not only paying their respects, but also grazing their cattle. <br />
On the hillside in the background you can the ancient walled city of Harar, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2006.
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  • 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.
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  • Outside the walls of Harar Jugol (old town), where modernity exists, motorized rickshaws or ‘tuk-tuks’ are the funnest and most convenient mode of transportation.
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