Today marks International Women’s Day! To commemorate, here is a gallery of some of the women I’ve photographed in various parts of the world over the last few years. Most are just going about their days, some are sculptural renditions, and their is one painting of a very special lady, indeed. Whatever they are doing, wherever they are, they sparkle both individually, and as a colorful, beautiful mosaic.
Little Girl, Guatemala
Golden Curls and a Smile. Matt Davis Trail, Marin County, California
Street Photo, Paris
Street Photo, Paris
Female Sculpture, Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy
In the home of a Guatemalan woman
Laughing Friends. Vietnamese Coffee, Hanoi, Vietnam
San Francisco Metallic
Sunset Walk Along the Seine, Paris
Classy Ladies in the Rain, Paris
Female Statue, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
A Kiss for Baby Brother, Marin County, California
Barrel Racer, Pendleton Round-Up, Pendleton, Oregon
“I’m Flying!” Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Along the Via Sacra, Rome
Wonder at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Profile View of the Offering Bearer
Look at Me and My Mussels!
Amanda, Marin County, California
Jacque – Shuttle to Antigua, Guatemala
An American Woman Reading on Board a Junk in Halong Bay, Vietnam
“That Seal is So Big!” Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Jacque and Scottie
Skeletons and Lace, Cour d’Honneur, Palais Royal, Paris
A Walk Near Muir Woods National Park, California
Fingerpainting
Skeletons and Lace, Cour d’Honneur, Palais Royal, Paris
Native American Princess, Pendleton Round-Up, Pendleton, Oregon
Modern Monochrome Stained Glass Madonna. Vatican City
Vietnamese Musician. Hanoi, Vietnam
Guatemalan Women, Kateri Tekakwitha Scholarship Recipients (except Jacque)
Young Ladies, Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Penguin interactions at the California Academy of Sciences
Colorful Textile Seller, Panajachel, Guatemala
Praying Madonna, Picture Over my Bed, The Convent of Suore Elisabetta dell’Olmata, Rome, Italy
Guatemalan Women (Except for Jacque)
Toddler Twins, San Francisco Bay Area
Grandmother’s Pearls, Marin County, California
Lynne and Ashley, Mother and Daughter, Marin County, CA
Vietnamese Nursing Instructors Learning Teaching Methods. Hanoi, Vietnam
Reading On the Metro, Paris
Young Female Loom Artist, Antigua, Guatemala
Aphrodite, Known as Venus de Milo, Louvre
Umbrellas at the Eiffel Tower
Paris Painter
Paris Sentinels
Guatemalan Woman, Chimaltenango
Ishtar: Goddess of Love, War, Fertility, Sex
Woman Wearing Hijab
Sunrise, Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Jacque – Ready to Explore Antigua, Guatmala
Toddler Twins, San Francisco Bay Area
Lori Nelson, An American in Paris
Little Girl, Guatemala
Woman with Flat Basket and Conical Hat. Hanoi, Vietnam
Female Horse Rider, Hyde Park, London
Red, Paris
Tree Hug Near Muir Woods National Park, California
The Offering Bearer, Musée du Louvre, Paris
A Little Salsa In the Streets of Antigua
Concern on a Second Grade Teacher’s Face. Aquarium of the Pacific Field Trip, Long Beach, California
Beautiful Vietnamese Women (and a Couple of American Ones, Too!) Hanoi, Vietnam
Kristine and Sadie Enjoying the Beach, Stinson Beach, California
Shy. On the Bus to the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach, California
Taken individually, each is cause for celebration in her own right. When considered as symbolic of all of us women, the collage forms a pleasing and consistent whole .
For International Women’s Day 2016, Google travelled around the world and asked women to complete the phrase #OneDayIWill. Here are some great responses from London:
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#OneDayIWill visit the North and the South Poles and every country in between!
#OneDayIWill fly!!! This latter dream I posted on Twitter and Google responded! Here’s the Twitter conversation:
“I’m Flying!” Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
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