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.

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

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