People, Faces 

Gianni, Piazza Vittorio, Rome, Italy, Best Friend
Professional Rock Climber, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite, California, has just finished climbing, finished bouldering, chalk covers hand palms, shot taken from behind, chalk imprints the back, after stretching by wrapping arms around torso, hand prints remain
Young brothers in Bhutan ginning hard for the camera, green agricultural fields in the background, brothers around 8 or 9 years old, mid-Bhutan, Portrait of Children
Orphan girl about 8 years old in Mardin, Eastern Turkey, Kurdistan, young Kurdish girl, young Kurdish orphan girl living in a cemetery with many other orphans, Portrait of a Child
Men performing traditional hula dance, 1982, traditional Hawaiian hula dance by men, Kauai, Hawaii
Orphan girl about 8 years old in Mardin, Eastern Turkey, Kurdistan, young Kurdish girl, young Kurdish orphan girl living in a cemetery, Portrait of a Child, Living in Large Community of Orphans.
Chris is on a Manhattan subway station, Union Square, New York City, dominatrix wearing black leathers, she is close, looking straight into camera. She is a registered nurse. Portrait
French guard, formal uniform, long red coat. flares at the bottom, helmut, guard standing in corner made of stone, carries a kind of sword. Not one move, Portrait
Father, two sons, 2 year old baby, a 5 year old, photograph black and white, photograph of love.
Wigstock character, like a fat woman, red floor length dress. matching red hat, poofy frills around sleeves at elbow, in the meatpacking district
Allan Rich, Hollywood actor, close-up portrait of Allan’s face floating in swimming pool, big droopy face and lips
An Asian man was on the sidewalk on 5th Avenue on Christmas morning at 6AM. I took several photos. Put him on a dirt red road in Upstate New York in the fall with yellow leaves which had fallen to the ground.
Young Iraqi girl, Kurdistan, green-blue eyes
The son of a best friend. He's now 22 or so. Here he's maybe 9 or 10, with a spirit of pure openess.
A blacksmith, silver worker, who exudes a kind of pure love of life.
Icon of Wild West Shows, Cabral is here at his home in New Mexico, an immense ranch where he ran herds of cattle and kept his show animals too.
Unknown woman posing with legs crossed in the foreground, wearing elbow-high gloves.
Beautiful young woman in Bhutan who was begging at a popular Buddhist temple.
In Erbil, Iraq, Kurdistan much of life happens in the middle of the road including having meetings, tea, or buying, selling. These men were clearly important or clearly thought of themselves that way. They were very happy to have their picture taken.
Baby boy at home having a bath in his family's San Francisco home welcomes the attention of the camera with arms outstretched
Princess Tamara and her husand Harold Barton who is in a uniform sitting on a bench in Tblisi, Gerogia, early 1900s
Princess Tamara left Tbilisi with Dimitri when he was a baby, they ended up in Chatou just outside of Paris by way of Constantinople, mid 1920s
Lots of kids and adults dress in beatiful costumes usually with masks, headresses or painted faces. She stood out.
Burmese baby girl stares straight into the camera. She is wearing a pink dress. Portrait is from mid-chest and up, her eyes are captivating, her face is painted beautifully with Burmese sunscreen.
In Marin County just over the Golden Gate Bridge are remnants of World WarTwo bunkers and military installations in case of Japanese attack. A nude woman crawls into one of the small building artifacts, her bottom half seen, legs stretched
Old Woman at her market stall taking a break to have a smoke, a traditional mixture, not tobacco
Young Mexican boy about age 8, in costume and in spirit of the parade on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico 2022.
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