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.

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