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