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