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Ondangwa, Namibia
Okakarara, Namibia
Puno, Peru
Puno, Peru
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Thimpu, Bhutan
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Ramat Gan, Israel
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Antigua, Guatemala
Antigua, Guatemala
Panauti, Nepal
Panauti, Nepal. I met this gentleman on the street and prevailed on him to allow me to make his portrait. He was enthusiastic and fully engaged in our photo session. He's wearing a Dhaka topi, the traditional hat that's part of Nepalese national dress and was once mandatory for all official photographs including passports, business licenses, etc. There is even an annual "Topi" day celebrated by the Nepali people on January 1.
Bumthang, Bhutan
Shaxi, China
near Jerusalem, Israel
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dali, Yunnan, China
Havana, Cuba
Hatton, Sri Lanka
Near Hatton, Sri Lanka. Tea picker. The cultivation and exportation of tea is still a major industry in Sri Lanka, employing close to 1 million people. Most of the tea is grown, harvested and processed on plantations in the highlands of central Sri Lanka where the soil and climate are most condicive. All of the tea leaves are picked or, in the local parlance, "plucked" by women who work long hours in difficult conditions.
Havana, Cuba
Lalibela, Ethiopia
Pilgrim attending Orthodox Christmas celebration in Lalibela.
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia
Java, Indonesia. I met novice Buddhist monk Samanera Chandadhammo at the Mendut Monastery where he lives and studies.
Havana, Cuba
Bugoda, Sri Lanka
Bugoda, Sri Lanka. I met this gentleman while at a small temple where I was photographing a monk, who turned out to be his son. As it also turned out, dad was more photogenic!
Kandy, Sri Lanka
I met this woman near the Temple of the Sacred Tooth relic in Kandy. Many visitors to the temple buy flowers from the dozens of street vendors. I loved her cheerful personality and the single flower she held.
Havana, Cuba
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Algodones, New Mexico
Suzhou, China
Puno, Peru
Puno, Peru. September 2018.
Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca in the western part of the country, is one of many potato growing regions in Peru. The woman in this photograph is a potato farmer who posed for me in her modest home. She's holding a small bowl of potatoes in her lap, a reminder of the importance of this crop to her community, her livelihood and her sense of self. There are more than one thousand varieties of potatoes grown in Peru. And, as a major agricultural export, the potato accounts for the livelihood of more than 10% of Peru's entire population.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bhookhuri, India
This gentleman's serious countenance initially discouraged me from approaching him but when I caught his eye and montioned with my camera that I wanted to photograph him, he was very receptive. Initially he was not wearing his turban. I sat down directly opposite him was able to make several frames while he put on his turban. This was the last in the series.
Bhookhuri, India
I saw this woman sitting in the doorway of her home. Her eyes seem to hold the wisdom of the ages. I was sure I'd be rebuffed in my attempt to make her portrait. To my surprise and delight, she invited me to sit down opposite her and make her picture. I offered to show her the images on the back of my camera, but she demurred. When I got up to leave she insisted on getting up to shake my hand and thank me.
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
I love this very simple composition of this elegant Rajisthani man. He is so typical of many of the people I met and photographed in and around Jodhpur -- friendly, engaged, cordial and proud.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
Lalibela, Ethiopia. Lalibela is known as the new Jerusalem, so named for the eleven underground rock-hewn Orthodox Christian churches built there by King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela in the 12th century. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Every year, during the celebration of Christmas, thousands of pilgrims -- all dressed in white -- make their way to Lalibela - on foot, by bus and truck. They camp in open fields and attend a massive Christmas eve celebration at the Biete Mariam church. I photographed this recently arrived pilgrim on the day prior to the big celebration. He told me, through a translator, that he had traveled by truck and on foot for more than three days to reach Lalibela. Despite the massive crowds, there was a sense of reverence and tranquility throughout Lalibela, consistent with the spirit of goodwill and harmony in this special place that is holy to more than 40 million Ethiopian Christians.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Algodones, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kathmandu, Nepal
Havana, Cuba
Trinidad, Cuba
Varanasi, India
Otjiwarongo, Namibia
Otjiwarongo, Namibia. We had stopped at a gas station to refuel before venturing into a more rural area. This girl watched us intently from behind a chain link fence. I approached her and asked - in sign language - if I could make her portrait. She nodded her consent but didn't change expression or move the whole time. After making several frames, i showed her the images on my camera's LCD and then, finally, she broke into a beautiful smile.
