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.

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

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