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