Click here to view this artwork, Malkia | Kenya, and its currently available sizes. Malkia | Kenya When I look at this woman who is a member of Kenya's Maasai tribe, the first thought that hits me is that she has the perfect head. It’s beautiful and I imagine her skull as a vessel, a living sculpture. [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Stairs | Bhutan, and its currently available sizes. Stairs | Bhutan These young monks flew down the stairs with abandon during a visit I made to their monastery. Throughout my travels in Bhutan, I was struck by the timelessness of both children and architecture. For millennia, boys and girls have lent [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Rickshaw Wallah | Kolkata, and its currently available sizes. Rickshaw Wallah | Kolkata Perception is all when we see someone pulling a rickshaw. The Western gaze will often see this man as oppressed, taken advantage of, his poverty attached to a loss of dignity. Instead, he is a proud, skilled, [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Majesty | Amazon, and its currently available sizes. Majesty | Amazon Every element of the Amazonian river leading to the waterfall that is the backdrop in this image is deeply understood by this Shuar warrior. He knows the currents, each stone on the riverbed, the best locations for fishing, the [...]
Click here to view this artwork, White Faced Beggar | Nepal, and its currently available sizes. White Faced Beggar | Nepal I made this image in the 1980s and today, in 2023, the language used in the title is worthy of reconsideration. Societal and my ideas on subjectifying and language have certainly evolved, but I remain caught in a [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Prayer | Bhutan, and its currently available sizes. Prayer | Bhutan The hands of this monk coming together I see as an act of grace. There is connectivity to the spiritual world and the circularity of devotion that in this case surrounds his very soul and the reverence of gesture. In making [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Stripes | Riff Mountains, and its currently available sizes. Stripes | Riff Mountains The small mountain village of Chefchaouen in Morocco was founded in 1471 as a base for the Riffian Berber tribes to launch attacks on the Portuguese. The name translates into “the horn,” a reference to two mountain peaks overlooking the [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Beside the Window | Burma, and its currently available sizes. Beside the Window | Burma I find natural light to be astonishingly beautiful. In this image of a young monk in Burma, I love the organic presence of it and how it enhances the intimacy of the moment. The cat and the [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Countenance of the Earth | Navajo Nation, and its currently available sizes. Countenance of the Earth | Navajo Nation The majority of people, if asked to name the three oldest things in their homes, will name objects, such as books, a family heirloom, perhaps a work of art or a [...]
Click here to view this artwork, Mursi Horns | Ethiopia, and its currently available sizes. Mursi Horns | Ethiopia In Ethiopia, as is true around the world, each indigenous tribe has its unique sense of adornment. Some tribes are into the paint with which they decorate their skin. Others wear plants on their heads and colorful beadwork. Often, [...]
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