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.

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

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