Palais Royal Courtyard, Paris

International Women’s Day

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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.

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

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:

#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:

Child, Little Girl, Field Trip

“I’m Flying!” Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California