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.

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