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.

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

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