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