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.

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

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