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.

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

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