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.

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