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.

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