Tag: jewelry
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Amazing Elegance: Street Photography and the Threads of Discovery
Today, the bustling lanes of the Global Village in Dubai led me to an extraordinary encounter—a Moroccan woman adorned in the intricate head jewelry of the Amazigh tribe. Her radiant smile was warm and welcoming, as she sat with her argan oil stand. Her radiance drew me closer to strike up a conversation as I…
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By Art She Lives~ Syrian Refugee
She makes jewelry as part of the rehabilitation and education programs that ‘Beyond’, a local Lebanese NGO does with the children in the Syrian refugee camps.
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wearing her story ~ Yunnan
Every stitch on her costume, every threaded bead she decorates herself with, every wrinkle on her face plays a part in telling her story, a life so different to ours, a world so alien to 21st century culture, an existence rising out of old traditions, she belongs to a tribe that allows strangers no access.…
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Day 21~ December 21st~ Guilin
With every passing year, with each journey into the far away places, I pray that these colorful people of the world are still there, being celebrated, appreciated and not become integrated into a characterless soup of grey humanity.
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Day 3~ August 3rd~ Boracay
What is it that causes people living on islands and in remote places to be drawn to decorating their own bodies? Why are tribal people painting their faces and their chests with different colors? What specific purpose does that practice serve? a search in art about art for art… photo taken: a local artist detail…
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Day Two Hundred Sixty Two, October 11, 2011
She has to lay her blankets down on the pavement every day, line up her jewelry, her necklaces, her bracelets, one by bone, in straight lines. She organizes by color, by style, every morning and while she waits for her customers of the day she knits for her child, stitch by stitch, line by line.…