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