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.

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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.