Tag: portraits
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The Beauty of Stepping Into Another’s World
Meeting this group of Chinese women at the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi was a moment of unexpected joy. Dressed in colorful Arabic garments, they seemed to radiate an energy of transformation and playfulness, as if they were stepping into new versions of themselves. The sight of them brought a smile to my face—not…
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Facing Future – The Exhibition is now Open!
Facing Future – The exhibition is now open in Arte Spazio Tempo Gallery in Venice. It has been quite a journey getting to this point. Here are some ‘behind the scenes’ shots that were taken during the building up of this project over a decade of photography trips. I am learning that exhibitions are only…
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Venice Exhibition and ‘Facing Future’ Book: Embracing Creativity in a Changing World
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It has been a while since I posted. Here with this post, I hope to update you, my friends, with some of what has been happening in my creative life. As always I am trying to understand the changes happening in me and in the world around me, like most people are. The world is…
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Portraits From the Heart~ Myanmar
It is not enough to love your camera, to love photography and to love travel. Good portraits are about loving people, other humans, those that co-inhabit our earth. Looking at them with compassion, togetherness, curiosity and the wish to belong to this fascinating and colorful range of humanity.
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Family Ties in the Culture of Yunnan’s Ethnic Minorities
In my journeys into the remote villages of China’s Yunnan province, I was moved by the closeness of the older generation with the children of the tribe. Physical proximity seemed to be an easement factor relied upon in raising the children and arming them with needed confidence as they developed. Parents and grandparents went about…
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Day 22~ October 22nd~ Yunnan
Have you ever noticed how children can change expressions so fast without being hung up on the effects of each emotion they experience? We adults tend to carry baggage through our emotions that causes us to often hold grudges, feel anger, thoughts of contempt, attachment, jealousy, animosity… the list goes on. When children fight, they…
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Day One Hundred Ten, May 12, 2011
When I first arrive a new and foreign place, the first thing I am drawn to is what looks at me through the faces of the people. I feel that the spirit of the land lives in its people and through their eyes and their faces it portrays its theater. Kashgar and its people are…