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.

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