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.

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

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