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

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