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.
Grandmother’s Pearls, Marin County, California
Laughing Friends. Vietnamese Coffee, Hanoi, Vietnam
Little Girl, Guatemala
Street Photo, Paris
Jacque and Scottie
Golden Curls and a Smile. Matt Davis Trail, Marin County, California
Kristine and Sadie Enjoying the Beach, Stinson Beach, California
Along the Via Sacra, Rome
Woman with Flat Basket and Conical Hat. Hanoi, Vietnam
The Offering Bearer, Musée du Louvre, Paris
A Kiss for Baby Brother, Marin County, California
Classy Ladies in the Rain, Paris
Concern on a Second Grade Teacher’s Face. Aquarium of the Pacific Field Trip, Long Beach, California
Colorful Textile Seller, Panajachel, Guatemala
Little Girl, Guatemala
Barrel Racer, Pendleton Round-Up, Pendleton, Oregon
Modern Monochrome Stained Glass Madonna. Vatican City
Young Ladies, Chimaltenango, Guatemala
In the home of a Guatemalan woman
Toddler Twins, San Francisco Bay Area
Jacque – Ready to Explore Antigua, Guatmala
Young Female Loom Artist, Antigua, Guatemala
Skeletons and Lace, Cour d’Honneur, Palais Royal, Paris
Red, Paris
San Francisco Metallic
Paris Sentinels
Sunrise, Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Guatemalan Women (Except for Jacque)
Female Statue, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Toddler Twins, San Francisco Bay Area
Street Photo, Paris
Skeletons and Lace, Cour d’Honneur, Palais Royal, Paris
“I’m Flying!” Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Look at Me and My Mussels!
A Walk Near Muir Woods National Park, California
Jacque – Shuttle to Antigua, Guatemala
Umbrellas at the Eiffel Tower
Praying Madonna, Picture Over my Bed, The Convent of Suore Elisabetta dell’Olmata, Rome, Italy
An American Woman Reading on Board a Junk in Halong Bay, Vietnam
Guatemalan Women, Kateri Tekakwitha Scholarship Recipients (except Jacque)
Native American Princess, Pendleton Round-Up, Pendleton, Oregon
Wonder at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Penguin interactions at the California Academy of Sciences
Sunset Walk Along the Seine, Paris
Lori Nelson, An American in Paris
“That Seal is So Big!” Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Profile View of the Offering Bearer
Female Horse Rider, Hyde Park, London
Tree Hug Near Muir Woods National Park, California
Vietnamese Nursing Instructors Learning Teaching Methods. Hanoi, Vietnam
Reading On the Metro, Paris
Beautiful Vietnamese Women (and a Couple of American Ones, Too!) Hanoi, Vietnam
Shy. On the Bus to the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach, California
Ishtar: Goddess of Love, War, Fertility, Sex
Aphrodite, Known as Venus de Milo, Louvre
Fingerpainting
Paris Painter
A Little Salsa In the Streets of Antigua
Lynne and Ashley, Mother and Daughter, Marin County, CA
Woman Wearing Hijab
Female Sculpture, Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy
Guatemalan Woman, Chimaltenango
Vietnamese Musician. Hanoi, Vietnam
Amanda, Marin County, 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:
VIDEO
#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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