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.

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

#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