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