Travel Portraits—Week 1 Gallery
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- Early Evening Ride
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- Mumbai, India
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- Early Evening Ride
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- A Pause, A Gaze, The start of an Indian Adventure
- Mumbai Portrait Work Taxi India
Photo and caption by Matthew Stillwell
Location: Mumbai, India
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Metal Fire
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- Chingay Parade, Singapore
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- Metal Fire
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- This was during the Chingay Parade in Singapore celebrating the Chinese New Year 2011. It was a moment during the parade where these people on stilts in metallic costumes with flamers came by. I loved the contrast between the person and the red smoke created by the flames.
- Chingay Parade, Singapore, Fire, Metal
Photo and caption by Lisa Klement
Location: Chingay Parade, Singapore
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Fishing at lake Inle
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- Lake Inle, Myanmar
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- Fishing at lake Inle
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- The wonderfull lake Inle is full of unique scenes that reflects the way of life at this beautifull country, like the one in this picture whith a thipical fisherman doing his job.
- Fishermen 3
Photo and caption by Tania Abitbol Oevermann
Location: Lake Inle, Myanmar
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Looking trhough the window
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- Lake Inle, Myanmar
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- Looking trhough the window
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- This little girl was fascinates looking at something trhough the window of a small tobbacco factory at lake Inle, Myanmar.
- Girl in the window
Photo and caption by Tania Abitbol Oevermann
Location: Lake Inle, Myanmar
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Woman in Green Sari
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- Orchha, India
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- Woman in Green Sari
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- A quiet moment in a bustling country
- Orchha, India
Photo and caption by Laura Lorman
Location: Orchha, India
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Roman Music at Rest
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- Rome, Italy
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- Roman Music at Rest
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- Both old and young musicians take a rest and have lunch on their respective classic and contemporary instruments.
- Rome Italy Musicians Culture Instruments Alley Roman
Photo and caption by Sean Lyons
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: Travel Portraits
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- End of the day
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- havana, Cuba
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- End of the day
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- A man watches the busy street below while getting some fresh air after a hot Havana day.
- havana, cuba, street, balcony
Photo and caption by dave shortt
Location: havana, Cuba
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Shelter
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- In a little village in the north of the Tunisian landscape
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- Shelter
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- This old fisherman is so peaceful in his appearance. The elements of the nature are rough, but he feels home in this landscape. He doesn`t demand more of life...
- Souwester
Photo and caption by Lene Marie Fossen
Location: In a little village in the north of the Tunisian landscape
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Happy Traveler
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- La Jolla Beach, San Diego, California
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- Happy Traveler
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- My sons and I went to San Diego for Spring Break. I captured this moment at La Jolla Beach while my youngest son, Michael, was running away from the waves. He had a sand bucket in one hand and his sandals on the other one. It was such a happy moment for my little guy.
- travel, beach, California, sunset, kids, playing, water, sand
Photo and caption by Rosa Rodriguez
Location: La Jolla Beach, San Diego, California
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Oracle Natpwe 'Spirit Dancing'
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- Shwegyikyi Pagoda complex, Bago, Myanmar
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- Oracle Natpwe 'Spirit Dancing'
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- Though a very religious Buddhist country, Myanmar is superstitious as well. And there is no better place to witness the superstitious end of the spectrum than at a Spirit (or Nat) Festival. Here, nats (men dressed as women) dance themselves into a whirling frenzy to eardrum popping music to put themselves into a trance and channel the Spirit for paying patrons, those who believe these nat mediums can communicate with the Spirit in order to see into the future like fortune tellers. I and my group of 3, who were treated to front row seats, were the only outside- the-village attendees.
- Spirit Festival, Nats, Oracle, Bago, Myanmar, Spirit Dancing, Superstition
Photo and caption by Cynthia Dial
Location: Shwegyikyi Pagoda complex, Bago, Myanmar
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Taking a Break
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- Park Gell, situated in Barri Gotic, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Taking a Break
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- When I was on vacation in Barcelona, Spain, I walked to Park Guell, Antonio Gaudi's modernistic park which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Having taken a very long walk to get there, I thought I'd rest for awhile. Looking for a bench to sit, I saw this beautiful couple who had the same idea. I couldn't resist photographing them. Interestingly, we spoke later and this local couple visit the park regularly on their wedding anniversary. The fun of travel is always the beautiful people and sights you see along the way!
- world, heritage, unesco, barcelona, spain, couple, people, gaudi, barri gotic
Photo and caption by Diana Nevin
Location: Park Gell, situated in Barri Gotic, Barcelona, Spain.
Category: Travel Portraits
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- A Destructive Force
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- Near Kaliurang. Java, Indonesia.
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- A Destructive Force
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- A lady walks through what is left of the forest and villages on the flank of Mt Merapi after the November 2010 eruption in Central Java, Merapi is seen still venting in the background. The load of wood she carries was so heavy she couldn't stand up without help from kneeling position.
- volcano, merapi, java, indonesia, eruption, lava, destruction
Photo and caption by Heath Holden
Location: Near Kaliurang. Java, Indonesia.
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Afghan Boy
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- Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
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- Afghan Boy
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- A local Afghan villager waits for work to begin at an Afghan Local Police checkpoint. Workers are building the checkpoint in order to secure the village from attacks by the Taliban.
- Afghanistan, Villager
Photo and caption by Kaily Brown
Location: Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Gim
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- Paro, Bhutan
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- Gim
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- Before entering a dzong, in Bhutan, Bhutanese nationals need to dress formally, in national dress.
- Paro, Bhutan, dzong, national dress, portrait, Asia, stairs
Photo and caption by Gaston Lacombe
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Category: Travel Portraits
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- connection
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- Golden Triangle, Thailand
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- connection
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- While traveling through the Golden Triangle in Northern Thailand I was fascinated by the bond between the mahouts and asian elephants. I was watching one morning as this mahout was working with a juvenile elephant and when he sat on the ground and looked up I could sense the connection and took this shot beautifully backlit with the sun coming through the bamboo.
- asian elephant, mahout, Golden Triangle, Thailand
Photo and caption by Patrice Carlton
Location: Golden Triangle, Thailand
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Glue Boys
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- Kathmandu, Nepal 2009
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- Glue Boys
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- Glue sniffing is a relatively new phenomenon among street children where glue is cheap and easily available. Approximately 95% of street children inhale glue, and many use it instead of meals to ward off hunger.
- Nepal, Kathmandu, glue sniffing, dogs, street photography, boys, drugs
Photo and caption by Jill Schneider
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal 2009
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Hadiya
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- Refugee camps outside Tindouf, Algeria
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- Hadiya
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- Girl from Western Sahara living in refugee camps outside Tindouf, Algeria
- Saharawi, Western Sahara, Algeria
Photo and caption by Silvia Torres
Location: Refugee camps outside Tindouf, Algeria
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Masai Chief
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- Masai village near Nduara Loliondo Camp, Serengeti, N. Tanzania
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- Masai Chief
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- I took this photo on my honeymoon with my husband to the Serengeti, North Tanzania. We visited a local Masai village near our camp at Nduara Loliondo Safari Camp. He invited us into his home, and introduced us to his wife and spoke of the way of life for him and his family. I shot this with no flash, only ambient light, ISO 6400, F2.8 @ 1/15 sec. Shot with Nikon D700, lens - Nikon ED 28-70 mm 1:2.8
- Masai Chief, Low Light, Tanzania, Travel
Photo and caption by Jennifer Williams
Location: Masai village near Nduara Loliondo Camp, Serengeti, N. Tanzania
Category: Travel Portraits
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