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