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.

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

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