Wodaabe woman of Niger's Sahel

Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) nomad girl attending a Yakey, a male dance and beauty contest.

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Niger. Sahel. Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe (Bororo/Fulani) nomad girl attending a Yakey, a male dance and beauty contest.

Benin. Bush Fire.

Benin. Near Djougou. Bush fire.

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Benin. Près de Djougou. Feu de brousse.

Coptic Priest In Lalibela,Ethiopia

Ethiopie. Lalibela. Amhara coptic priest showing off a golden cross outside his stone church.

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Ethiopie. Lalibela. Prêtre copte Amhara montrant une croix d’or a l’extérieur de son église de pierre.

Sunset On An Altiplano Sand Dune

Bolivia. Altiplano near Cerdas (Quijarro province).  Setting sun over sand dune.

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Bolivie. Altiplano près de Cerdas (Province de Quijarro). Coucher de soleil sur une dune de sable 

Young Orang Utan Examining A Flower.

Indonesia. Borneo. Young Orang Utan examining a flower.

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Indonésie. Bornéo. Jeune orang outan examinant une fleur

Indonesia: Toraja House.

Indonesia. Sulawesi. Toraja house and people.

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Indonésie. Sulawesi. Maison Toraja.

Blackfoot Indian Man Portrait

Canada. Alberta. Calgary. Temporary Indian village on the grounds of the Calgary Stampede. Blackfoot Indian.

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Canada. Calgary (Alberta). Campement indien provisoire au lieu où se déroule le rodéo annuel. Indien Pied Noir.

Morocco: Fortified Berber Village In The Djebel Sarhro

Morocco. Djebel Sarhro. Ait Slilo Nekob, a fortified AÏt Ata Berber village.

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Maroc. Djebel Sarhro. Ait Slilo Nekob, un village fortifié de Berbères AÏt Ata.

Ewe Women Walking To Market In Togo

Togo. Near Lome. Walking along the sea, Ewe women are carrying coconut shells to market to sell as firewood. The nuts' meat is being dried to be turned into copra.

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Togo. Près de Lomé. Femmes Ewé transportant des coquilles de noix de coco au marché pour les vendre comme bois de chauffage. La chair des noix se sèche au soleil pour en faire du coprah.

Man Of The Marquesas Islands

French Polynesia. Marquesas Archipelago. Hiva Oa Island.

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Polynésie française. Archipel des Marquises. Ile d’Hiva Oaa.

Reed-Canoe-Poling Uro On Lake Titicaca

Peru. Lake Titicaca. Uro-Aymara Indian girl poling reed canoe from her floating reed island to another. She lives in a world of reeds—the reeds surrounding her and those her family uses. To build reed islands, reed huts, reed beds (mats), reed boats, reeds to fuel the fire, and even reeds to snack on. Long ago, they even used them to make their clothes.

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Pérou. Lac Titicaca. Jeune fille Uro-Aymara usant d’une perche pour mouvoir son canot de roseaux de son ile flottante à celle d’un autre membre de sa famille. Elle vit dans un monde de roseaux. Ceux qui poussent autour d’elle et ceux dont sa famille se sert. Pour créer des iles flottantes, des huttes, des nattes pour s’y coucher, des canots et pour nourrir leurs feux. Ils le mâchent pour calmer la faim. Anciennement ils s’en faisaient des vêtements.

Riding A Llama in Ecuador's Andes Mountains

Ecuador. Andes Mountains near Zumbahua (Cotopaxi). Riding a llama.

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Equateur. Montagnes des Andes près de Zumbahua. (Cotopaxi). Montant un lama.

Woman and Llama Walking By Sacsaihuaman Inca Fortress

Peru. Cuzco. Indian woman pulling llama past Sacsayhuaman Inca fortress.

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Pérou. Cuzco. Indienne tirant un lama sous la muraille de pierres cyclopéennes de la forteresse inca Sacsayhuaman.

LinkedIn Notice

Just received the following LinkedIn notice:

Victor, congratulations!

You have one of the top 10% most viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012. LinkedIn now has 200 million members. Thanks for playing a unique part in our community!

Young House-Visiting Doctor In Lima, Peru

Peru. Lima. Young doctor ministering to a sick little girl in a poverty-stricken neighborhood house while her older brothers, in school uniforms, are observing.

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Pérou. Lima. Un jeune médecin ausculte une petite fille malade dans une maison d’un quartier très pauvre, tandis que ses frères aînés, en uniformes scolaires, observent.

A Stranger in A Berber Village Causes Surprise

Algeria. Aures Mountains. Menaa. Shawiya Berber girl, emerging from her door is reacting  with surprise at seeing a stranger just outside. Her hair is reddened with henna.

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Algérie. Massif de l’Aurès. Jeune fille berbère Shawiya surprise, au sortir de sa maison, de se trouver face à face avec un étranger. Ses cheveux sont teints au henné.

Walking Home From School In Mali

Mali. Near Douentza. Girls walking back home from school, carrying books on their heads.

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Mali. Près de Douentza. Jeunes filles retournant chez elles de l’école, leurs livres sur la tête.

Recommended Reading

I met my best friend, Larry Grobel, in Accra, Ghana. I was driving around West Africa, shooting photographs for three children’s books. He, a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer, was teaching writing and journalism at the Institute of Journalism in Accra.

     We never lost touch over the ensuing 43 years. Soon after his three years in Ghana, Larry moved from New York to Los Angeles, and , to my ever-growing amazement, his writing career took flight, interviewing, for Playboy and other first-rate magazines, Hollywood's most famous stars and directors as well as many celebrated American writers.

     Many of those interviews grew into books—on John Huston; Marlon Brando (he invited Larry to his island in Tahiti for two weeks); Al Pacino, with whom he started a long friendship; Truman Capote; James A. Michener; and way too many others to mention here. They’re now all books.

     Those 11 books also include novels, satire, and poetry. They are now all available at modestly-priced ebooks at Amazon.com.

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     I read nearly all of them as they appeared in my mail box, and I

promise you they’ll amaze you as much as he and his books have amazed me.

Enchanted Forest Reflecting In the Amazon’s Rio Negro

Brazil. Amazon rain forest. Rio Negro. Flooded forest reflects itself in the river's black mirror.

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Brésil. Amazonie. La forêt submergée se reflète dans le noir miroir du Rio Negro.

Wodaabe Children Of The Sahel Herding Goats Home At Day's End

Niger. Sahel. Wodaabe (Bororo, Fulani) nomad boys herding goats back to camp at sunset.

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Niger. Sahel. Enfants Wodaabe (Bororo, Peul) ramenant au camp les chèvres de leur famille au coucher du soleil.

Cofan Indian Headman Of The Amazon

Colombia. Amazon rain forest. Putumayo. San Miguel River. Cofan Indian headman with jaguar teeth necklace.

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Colombie. Amazonie. Putumayo. Rivière San Miguel. Chef indien Cofan avec collier de canines de jaguars.

Colombian Cofan Indian Harpooning Fish

Colombia. Amazon rain forest. Putumayo. San Miguel River. Cofan Indian man harpooning fish.

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Colombie. Amazonie. Putumayo. Rivière San Miguel. Indien Cofan harponnant un poisson.

Tuareg Camel Caravan

Niger. Sahara Desert. AÏr Mountains. Tuareg nomad caravan on its way to Libya, where it will sell its camels at a much better price than at home in Niger.

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Niger. Sahara. Montagnes de l’AÏr. Caravane. Touarègue en chemin vers la Lybie, ou elle vendra ses chameaux à bien meilleur prix qu’au Niger.

Deer-Eyed Tuareg Woman

Niger. Sahel. Tuareg nomad woman. Her blue veil, like carbon paper, colors her face and hands.

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Niger. Sahel. Femme Touarègue. Son voile bleu, tel du papier carbone, teint son visage et ses mains.

Saharan Tuareg Caravan

Niger. Sahara Desert. AÏr Mountains. Tuarg nomads en route to Libya, where they will sell their camels, goats, and sheep at a much better price than in poverty-stricken Niger.

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Niger. Sahara. Montagnes de l’AÏr.  Nomades Touareg en route pour la Lybie, ou ils vendront leurs chameaux, moutons et chèvres à bien meilleur prix qu’au pauvre Niger.

Children's Book Looking For a Publisher

I just put the last touches to a dummy of my children's book, My World: The Sahara Desert, which illustrates with photographs the life and culture of Ataka, a little Tuareg girl, and her family. Her story, as published by Highlights for Children magazine, earned me the 2011 Author of the Year Award. It is now  looking for a book publisher.

Je viens de terminer la maquette de mon livre pour enfants titré Mon Univers : Le Sahara. Ses photos illustrent la culture et  vie quotidienne d’Ataka, une petite fille touarègue, et de sa famille. Son histoire, publiée dans Highlights, un magazine  pour enfants, m’a valu le prix d’auteur de l’année 2011. Elle cherche maintenant un éditeur de livres.

Sahara’s Great Oriental Erg

Algeria. Sahara Desert. Great Occidental Erg.

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Algérie. Sahara. Grand Erg Occidental

Sumatra's Lake Toba

Indonesia. Sumatra. Lake Toba.

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Indonésie. Sumatra. Lac Toba.

Mangrove Swamp Estuary Along Colombian Pacific Coast

Colombia. Pacific Coast near Guapi (Cauca). Mangrove swamp estuary.\

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Colombie. Côte du Pacifique. Près de Guapi (Cauca). Estuaire traversant un marais de mangliers.

Baobab Tree At A Benin Sunrise

Benin. Near Boukombe. At sunrise, a basket-carrying Somba woman is walkng towards a baobab tree.  

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Benin. Près de Boukombe. Au lever du soleil, transportant un panier sur la tête, une femme Somba marche vers un baobab.

Djibouti: Lake Abbe’s Volcanic Spires

Djibouti. Danakil Depression. Lower Awash Valley. Lake Abbe. Evaporation of mineral-ladened water above volcanic faults created these limestone chimneys

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Djibouti. Basse vallée de l’Awash. Lac Abbé. L’évaporation d’eau chargée de minéraux au-dessus de failles volcaniques a créé ces cheminées