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