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.

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