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