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.

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

#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