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