Tag: Beauty
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The invitation
The invitation Come and join me under my veil … Is that what she wants to tell me with her inviting look? A woman can use her veil to guard herself against the looks of others, but also on the contrary, to secretly make contact. The way she lifts her veil and reveals what should…
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A man and his dream
A man and his dream This thought occurred to me as I took the photograph. What I actually saw was this:A corner of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. A sleepy visitor sitting in a chair. In the foreground, a sculpture of a voluptuous naked woman. Photo of the week: Art Gallery…
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Young and lovely
Young and lovely Apart from the fact that these girls have clearly been sent by their parents to find something edible to put in their baskets, they are young and radiant, just as we like to see children of this age. This is how the story for these girls might well unfold in just a…
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The best of youth
The best of youth I came upon them down in the valley. They interrupted their play for a moment to gather round me for a photo. Their looks are open, positive, curious, without a trace of suspicion. A confluence of barely restrained joy of life. Life at its best. Life as it will not go…
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Black is beautiful
Black is beautiful A black woman and a woman dressed in black against a black background. When I walked into a bank in Alice Springs and saw this scene, I couldn’t resist taking a photo. The woman in black is clearly an Aboriginal girl, but the black woman looks African to me, with her facial…
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Washing at the pump
Washing at the pump The lives of seasonal workers in the brickworks revolve entirely around hard work, eating and sleeping in tiny huts and, as we can see in this photograph, washing themselves and their clothes at the communal hand pump. What struck me so much last week in the photographs of women working in…
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Pillars of strength
Pillars of strength So there they are, India’s working poor! Especially the women. Without their constant dedication and care, the whole of society would collapse in no time at all. Although they are vulnerable to exploitation and even slavery, these migrant women workers in the brick factories have one advantage over their middle-class employers. Their…
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A girl of character
A girl of character Cleaning, cooking, fetching water, looking after the children, feeding and milking the cow or buffalo, gathering firewood: all this and much more is women’s work in many traditional societies.This young woman from Kumaon is carrying a tree home, which she may even have chopped down herself with an axe, as in…
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An endearing smile
An endearing smile The young lady has taken refuge against the blistering sun in the cramped space between wall and tree. Confronted with my camera, she sees the amusing side of her position and presents me – and you – with an endearing smile. Photo of the week: Ganj, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India 2007
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Inner worlds
Inner worlds Aesthetically this may not be such a great picture, but it has something beautiful about it that pleases me. Four girls on a lawn dotted with little flowers by the waterfront, and each of them totally absorbed by her own playful discovery of the world. Although they probably have descended here together, each…
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