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.

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