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