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.

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