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