Tag: smile
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The Strangers We Encounter
There are over 8 billion humans on this planet, a staggering number that can feel incomprehensible when you realize how few of them we truly encounter in our lifetimes. Every day, we cross paths with strangers—on streets, in cafés, in fleeting moments at train stations—and yet, only a handful of these encounters become meaningful enough…
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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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The Delightful Freedom Gained From a Simple Life~
Over time I have come to believe that the simpler life is a secret key to satisfaction of the right kind. We often feel overwhelmed with our lives, with our possessions and the responsibilities that accumulate as an aftereffect of these possessions and where do we run to? A beach, a forest, a long walk,…
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Happy People Attract Essences~
Someone very wise once said: “happy people attract essences” . Such a true statement and how contagious is a smile! In my street photography around the world I find myself mostly walking around with a goofy smile while I interact with people in their daily lives. Brief moments shared and remembered for a long long…
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Tajik Smile~ Tashkurgan
In the town of Tashkurgan, home of the Tajik people in Xinjiang, bordering Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan, I met this boy in the old mountainous Pamir region. It is said that this town marks the middle way between Europe and China. The faces I saw there were unforgettable.
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Some Smiles Cannot be Forced
There are now over 1.2 million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon in camps waiting for a better home under the care of humanitarian organizations and NGOs. The children carry the hope and strength of their whole nation.
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loving what you do and doing what you love
Have you ever tried to photograph or just picture in your mind an office worker who does not like what they do, but do it only because they have to? Can you imagine the expression of discontent and almost despair on their face? I still remember having jobs before where I did a mental countdown…
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The child inside us all
Every once in a while I meet an incredible human, and they remind me that aging is a natural process that only claims our physical body. The spirit is always effervescent if we allow it to be, the soul is only more experienced and our mind can only grow richer if we feed it in…