• A close-up landscape photo of a Kuna woman in the Guna Yala region of Panama. The top of the frame starts just below her shoulders and continues several inches below her waist. Arms folded at her waist, each arm is wrapped with a single strand of colorful beads, with clusters of blue, red, and yellow sections. A watch is strapped over the wrist of her topmost arm. Her yellow print blouse displays large gray flowers outlined in black, with black leaves surrounding the buds. Her dark blue skirt features large beige-colored abstract patterns. She is a showcase of multiple colors.

    Beaded Armbands

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    The San Blas Archipelago, off the northeastern coast of Panama, is home to the Kuna Yala—an indigenous people that inhabit its 365 coastal islands.  The only way to truly experience the islands is by sailboat, and we sailed them for a month.  Women wear mola blouses with patterned skirts, red and yellow head scarfs, arm and leg beads—as shown here.  I love the watch over the armbands.  Taken while we were cruising the San Blas in our sailboat 2001.
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  • Vertical photograph of a young Kuna woman in the Guna Yala region of Panama. The image focuses on her legs—spanning the bottom of her black and yellow patterned skirt, hemmed just above her knees, down to her feet. Her legs are tightly wrapped with yellow and terra cotta colored beads that form a geometric pattern on the calves of both legs. The colored lines change direction at right angles, similar to ancient Greek border patterns. She stands on compressed, matted green grass.

    Beaded Mosaic

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    The San Blas Archipelago, off the northeastern coast of Panama, is home to the Kuna Yala—an indigenous people that inhabit its 365 coastal islands.  The only way to truly experience the islands is by sailboat, and we sailed them for a month. Women wear mola blouses with patterned skirts, red and yellow head scarfs, and arm and leg beads.  This intricate geometric beaded pattern needed to be hand strung, bead-by-bead, to display correctly on her small legs.  Image made while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • Vertical portrait of man dressed for the carnival celebration of lent in the village of Tilcajete, Mexico. The man has painted his face in light-blue paint, which covers his forehead down to his chin. The blue paint also covers his short mustache and beard. He has painted three blue vertical lines down his face, across his eyes and cheeks; and down the middle of his forehead, nose, and chin. He wears a paper-mache jaguar head mask like a hat on the top of his head. About 35-peacock feathers protrude from the back of his head in a 180-degree arc. Over the top of a brown and white tie-dyed shirt, red-dyed corn and brown acorn necklaces hang around his neck.

    Blue man Tilcajete carnival

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    Prior to Ash Wednesday the village of Tilcajete, near Oaxaca, celebrates carnival with imaginative animal and creature masks in chanting, grunting, colorful processions. Here, a carnival celebrant wears blue face paint with a jaguar mask on top of his head, and peacock feathers fanned out behind his head. (I have a similar shot of his female companion.) Bekki and I traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, February of 2020 with my sister and brother-in-law who organize cultural trips to Central America and Mexico.  
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  • Vertical portrait of woman dressed for the carnival celebration of lent in the village of Tilcajete, Mexico. She has painted her face in light-blue paint, which covers her forehead down below her neck. Three blue vertical lines run down her face, forehead, eyes, cheeks, and chin. On top of her head, an American Indian-style headdress sprouts peacock feathers which stick up into the sky. Large multicolored earrings dangle from her ears. Four beaded necklaces drape over her jaguar-print shirt, underneath a long sleeve V-neck blouse with a faux fur collar. She carries a small human skull on a stick in her right hand.

    Blue woman Tilcajete carnival

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    Prior to Ash Wednesday the village of Tilcajete, near Oaxaca, celebrates carnival with imaginative animal and creature masks in chanting, grunting, colorful processions. Here, a carnival celebrant wears blue face paint with a peacock head dress. (I have a similar shot of her male companion.) Bekki and I traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, February of 2020 with my sister and brother-in-law who organize cultural trips to Central America and Mexico.  
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  • Close-up landscape photo of a woman, perhaps in her fifties, selling white corn at a market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. In the lower half of the photo she has laid out a sheet of black plastic onto the street, over which she has poured a mound of white corn kernels that form a pyramid in the lower third of the image. In the upper half of the photo we see a large empty burlap gunny sack, laying on the sidewalk, used to transport the corn. She sits adjacent to her corn, with both legs tucked underneath her knees. Her long black hair, which is pulled to the back of her neck, matches her black long-sleeve sweater. She wears a Guatemalan embroidered blouse with red, orange, yellow, and pink flowers, and a dark blue skirt. Her eyes sparkle as she smiles at the camera without parting her lips.

    Chichicastenango Maize

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    Like all third-world countries, vendors find any available space to sell their wares.  This woman spread her corn on a Chichicastenango street.  While not as colorful as most of my other images, the white corn spread out on the street, and her sweet smile, compelled me to take the shot.  Transparency taken while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • Taken from the deck of an anchored sailboat, we look six feet down to the blue waters of Bahia Honda, a bay off the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of Panama. Two wooden boats, each about the size of a canoe, float in the blue water with the apex of the canoes close to the camera and the sterns fanning out left and right in opposite directions. Each canoe holds two shirtless boys, ranging in age from 9 to 18-years old. The boys smile as they stare curiously at the sailboat in front of them, which they have paddled out to investigate.

    Curious Canoe Friends

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    Bahia Honda, Panama, became one of the most memorable anchorages of our Pacific cruise.  The howler monkeys on shore sounded like gorillas.  No photos of the gorillas, but these inquisitive boys paddled up for a look.  Bekki discovered from the boys that a small store was located at a nearby village—where she bought a cake mix for my 48th birthday.  Transparency taken with a Leicaflex while cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • This landscape layout photo shows a street scene in Huatulco, Mexico. At the bottom of the image, we see the street, just above which there is a 9-inch curb and sidewalk. The back of the sidewalk intersects with an orange stucco wall at about 1/3 of the image height. A leafless tree trunk extends from the middle of the sidewalk up out of the top of the frame, branching into three smaller trunks in the upper third of the photo. On either side of the tree trunk two men lie asleep on their backs. They lie parallel to each other at an angle to the sidewalk: heads to the left, toros stretching to the curb where their knees bend above the edge, with their feet planted on the street. Street, curb, sidewalk, and tree are all a similar shade of gray. Yellow leaves have blown into the corner of the street and curb. A bright shaft of light spills down just behind the tree, highlighting the orange stucco wall. It’s a peaceful afternoon siesta in Huatulco.

    Huatulco Siesta

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    Walking around Huatulco, Mexico, one afternoon, I turned the corner to find two men taking a sidewalk siesta in the afternoon heat.  This was one of those photographer moments when panic struck: can I get the camera up, shutter speed set, lens focused, and get the shot off before they stirred?  Yes!  Was it all that time behind the lens that paid off?  Probably not.  They were really zonked out.  (Or maybe a little bit of both.)  This is one of my favorite images from Mexico.  Image made while cruising Mexico in our sailboat 2000.
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  • This vertical (layout) photo shows a Kuna Yala woman in the Guna Yala region of Panama. Sitting in the bow of an old dugout canoe she faces astern, from where the photo was taken. Her red scarf covers black hair as she stares intently at the camera with an expressionless face. She wears a green blouse with Kuna molas wrapping her waist, and a dark blue skirt imprinted with detailed yellow patterned designs. Both hands hold an old cracked wooden paddle which hangs over the side of the boat. Her legs, wrapped with purple and yellow beads, stretch bare feet forward toward the camera. Blue sky and ocean comprise the background, with a small flat island off in the distance on the right side of the image.

    Kuna Canoe Guest

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    The San Blas Archipelago, off the northeastern coast of Panama, is home to the Kuna Yala—an indigenous people that inhabit its 365 coastal islands.  The only way to truly experience the islands is by sailboat, and we sailed them for a month.  They sell fruit, vegetables, and handmade mola textiles to the cruisers.  Women wear mola blouses with patterned skirts, red and yellow head scarfs, arm and leg beads, long black lines down the nose, and often a gold nose ring.  Taken while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • Close-up landscape head and shoulder photo portrait of a Guatemalan shamaness on a mountainside in Chichicastenango. The composition shows her on the right side of the image, with the left side comprised of blurred dark green trees in the background. The light is soft and diffuse. Wearing a traditional brightly colored embroidered blouse with multicolored pink, red, and blue flowers—and a similarly multicolored tapestry folded onto her head—she looks directly at the camera. Her jewelry consists of 1-inch looped silver earrings and a necklace with clear glass beads.

    Mayan Shaman (1/2)

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    While exploring Chicicastenango someone in the village informed us of a shaman couple that were performing a Mayan ceremony up on the hill.  Following a nearby trail, we found this husband and wife, and they allowed me to photograph them.  Husband and wife are a diptych.  Transparency taken while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • Close-up landscape photo head and shoulder portrait of a Guatemalan shaman on a mountainside in Chichicastenango. He is centered in the shot, with blurred dark green trees in the background on the left and right third of the image. The light is soft and diffuse. His shirt prominently displays a 1-inch diagonal checkered print with an unusual combination of colors: black, white, and light coral. He wears an embroidered red headscarf, with accents of yellow and purple, tied at the back of his neck. He smiles broadly at the camera, showing off two silver capped upper teeth.

    Mayan Shaman (2/2)

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    While exploring Chicicastenango someone in the village informed us of a shaman couple that were performing a Mayan ceremony up on the hill.  Following a nearby trail, we found this husband and wife, and they allowed me to photograph them.  When I motioned to the husband to 'smile,' he lit up.  Husband and wife are a diptych.  Transparency taken while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • A vertical head and shoulder portrait of a Kuna woman in the Guna Yala region of Panama. A red cotton scarf covers medium-length black hair. She wears a lime-green blouse with large red and yellow flowers which is lit in the dazzling sun. Bright red and blue beads wrap tightly around her forearms from wrists to below her elbows. A long, thin black vertical tattoo traces from the tip of her nose to her forehead. She looks down at her gnarled hands are she sews a Kuna mola. Equal parts of sky, island, and ocean blur the background.

    Mola Seamstress

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    The San Blas Archipelago, off the northeastern coast of Panama, is home to the Kuna Yala—an indigenous people that inhabit its 365 coastal islands.  The only way to truly experience the islands is by sailboat, and we sailed them for a month.  They sell fruit, vegetables, and handmade mola textiles to the cruisers.  Women wear mola blouses with patterned skirts, red and yellow head scarfs, arm and leg beads, long black lines down the nose, and often a gold nose ring.  This woman hopped on deck to sell her mola inventory.  Taken while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • A Rastafarian man, on the island of St. Martin in the Caribbean, smiles gently at the camera. His shoulders and face are directly lit by the sun, which is high and to the left, leaving the right side of his face in shadow. A white moustache and beard, knotted four inches below his chin, contrasts dramatically against his black face. He wears a multicolored knitted cap: pink above his forehead, yellow in the middle, and spring green at the top. The hat bends backwards away from the camera due to the weight of hair inside. He wears a plain white shirt. Above his shoulders, swirls of dark green foliage and bright blue sky blur around him in the background.

    Rastafari Portrait

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    A Rastafarian on the island of Saint Martin.  His dark skin and white shirt in full sun presented some exposure and white balance challenges—which required a lot of work in Capture One post-production.
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  • Landscape portrait of a Kuna woman in the Guna Yala region of Panama. We see the right side of her face, which is exposed to the sun, as she gazes off-camera to the right. She smiles, but with her mouth closed. A gold nugget, which glints in the sunlight, pierces the lower part of her nose. On her head she wears a long red cotton scarf, with yellow accents, which trails off her shoulders and below the image frame on the lower left. Bangs hang down from underneath the scarf and sweep across her forehead. She also wears a light blue cotton blouse with white and darker blue floral prints—and a necklace of tiny red beads looped into multiple stranded layers. Behind her a blurred ocean and sky forms a solid blue in the distance.

    Red Scarf (1/2)

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    The San Blas Archipelago, off the northeastern coast of Panama, is home to the Kuna Yala—an indigenous people that inhabit its 365 coastal islands.  Women wear mola blouses with patterned skirts, red and yellow head scarfs, arm and leg beads, long black lines down the nose, and often a gold nose ring.  Taken while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • Landscape portrait of a Kuna woman in the Guna Yala region of Panama. We see the right side of her face, which is exposed to the sun, as she gazes off-camera to the right. She smiles happily. A gold nugget, which glints in the sunlight, pierces the lower part of her nose. On her head she wears a long red cotton scarf, with yellow accents, which trails off her shoulders and below the image frame on the lower left. Bangs hang down from underneath the scarf and sweep across her forehead. She also wears a light blue cotton blouse with white and darker blue floral prints—and a necklace of tiny red beads looped into multiple stranded layers. Behind her a blurred ocean and sky forms a solid blue in the distance.

    Red Scarf (2/2)

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    The San Blas Archipelago, off the northeastern coast of Panama, is home to the Kuna Yala—an indigenous people that inhabit its 365 coastal islands.  Women wear mola blouses with patterned skirts, red and yellow head scarfs, arm and leg beads, long black lines down the nose, and often a gold nose ring.  Taken while we were cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • A vertical portrait of a mother and daughter on the island of St. Martin in the Caribbean. Mother and daughter fill most of the frame, except for a huge white cloud that extends from the mother’s shoulders to the top of the image—apart from blue sky in the upper left and right corners of the photo. The mother, in her twenties, wears a gold sleeveless tank top and a gold necklace with a heart-shaped pendant, which contrasts brightly against her dark skin. She smiles broadly as she faces the camera. Her hands braid her daughter’s hair, who sits in front of and below her. The daughter, who also looks directly at the camera, scrunches up her eyes, nose, and mouth—reacting to mom who is pulling her hair into tight braids.

    Reluctant Braids

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    On the island of Saint Martin, near the public markets, I came across a mother braiding her daughter's hair.  As you can see, daughter wasn't too happy about it.
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  • This landscape photo, taken in the Guna Yala region of Panama, looks down into a dugout canoe at two Kuna children. The canoe slices the rectangular image at almost a 45-degree angle, from upper right to lower left. Sitting in the canoe, a sister and brother look up at the camera, curious but unsmiling. The eight-year-old sister steadies herself with her right hand on the starboard gunwale, her left arm around her younger brother, who is perhaps six years old. They both wear shorts and T-shirts, and their legs and knees are scuffed with dirt. She wears a light turquoise sleeveless T-shirt. Her brother wears a green T-shirt with a bright orange collar and orange sleeves down to his elbows. They wait for their father, who is selling us fruits and vegetables onboard our sailboat. The inside of the canoe has small puddles of water. At the top and bottom of the frame we see deep blue water of the Caribbean Ocean.

    San Blas Siblings

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    The San Blas Archipelago, off the northeastern coast of Panama, is home to the Kuna Yala—an indigenous people that inhabit its 365 coastal islands.  Brother and sister looked up and smiled from their dugout canoe as their father delivered fruits on the stern of our sailboat.  Image made while we were cruising the San Blas in our sailboat 2001.
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  • This landscape portrait of a chef in San Salvador, El Salvador, shows him in a double-breasted, white chef’s uniform. He is a young, handsome El Salvadoran man in his late twenties. He faces the camera directly. In the bottom of the frame, we see his torso just above his elbows. His right shoulder is positioned just below center in the image. He leans to his left, such that his face is in the right 1/3 of the frame. He wears a 2-foot-high white chef’s hat that leans upward and to the right at a 25-degree angle. Dark green tropical foliage blurs in the background on the left side and right edge of the photo, making his white uniform and conspicuously tall hat pop in the foreground.

    San Salvador Chef

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    I don't remember the name of the restaurant in San Salvador (El Salvador) where I met this chef, but I had to take a shot of him and his chef's hat.  As you can see, his chef's hat takes half the vertical space of the frame.  Found this wonderful background of foliage in the back parking lot.  Image taken while cruising Central America in our sailboat 2000-2001.
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  • A horizontal photo of Pedro Berro, owner of Cuban Tobacco Cigar Company, who sits in front of his store in Little Havana, Miami. As he smokes one of his cigars, his right elbow rests on a square table with the name of the store visible on the surface. His right hand holds a dark, fat, ash-laden, lit cigar inches below his chin. He stares at a 45-degree angle toward the right side of the image as he exhales a small cloud of dense white smoke. Behind him, through the glass window of the storefront, visible above Pedro and to the left, a full-size wood carving of a man sits facing backwards on a simple chair. The man rests his right arm on the top of the chair as his left arm, bent at his left elbow, holds a wooden cigar to his mouth. The statue’s pose, actions, and direction of his gaze almost perfectly mirror Pedro. We see additional cigar-related paraphernalia in the window adjacent to the statue: a B&W photograph of another man smoking, what appears to be the straw hat of the man in the photo on the surface below, and another, smaller, wooden statue of an Indian chief with full headdress holding a cylindrical collection of cigars in his right hand. The Indian stares off in the same direction as Pedro and the other statue.

    Smokin 1

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    I shot several images of the Cuba Tobacco Cigar Company during a shooting trip to Little Havana in Miami. The store owner takes a break to enjoy one of his own cigars . Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that is home to many Cuban exiles. The neighborhood is known for Cuban culture, food, and cigars.
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  • A horizontal photo of Pedro Berro, owner of Cuban Tobacco Cigar Company, who sits in front of his store in Little Havana, Miami. As he smokes one of his cigars, his right elbow rests on a square table with the name of the store visible on the surface. His right hand holds a dark, fat, ash-laden, lit cigar inches below his chin. He stares at a 45-degree angle toward the right side of the image as he exhales a small cloud of dense white smoke. Behind him, through the glass window of the storefront, visible above Pedro and to the left, a full-size wood carving of a man sits facing backwards on a simple chair. The man rests his right arm on the top of the chair as his left arm, bent at his left elbow, holds a wooden cigar to his mouth. The statue’s pose, actions, and direction of his gaze almost perfectly mirror Pedro. We see additional cigar-related paraphernalia in the window adjacent to the statue: a B&W photograph of another man smoking, what appears to be the straw hat of the man in the photo on the surface below adjacent to a photograph of the same hat.

    Smokin 2

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    I shot several images of the Cuba Tobacco Cigar Company during a shooting trip to Little Havana in Miami. The store owner takes a break to enjoy one of his own cigars . Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that is home to many Cuban exiles. The neighborhood is known for Cuban culture, food, and cigars.
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  • A horizontal photo of two men standing adjacent to each other while inspecting a large burlap sack of tobacco leaves. The man on the right holds the bag at a 45-degree angle, such that the man on his left can view the large printing on the surface. The man on the left reaches down with his right hand to hold the bottom of the bag to improve his angle of view. Both men smoke as they inspect the label, blowing puffs of dense white smoke. The man on the left wears a straw fedora had with a straight 3-inch brim and a red and black hat band. Above them on the back wall we see a United States flag, with the flag of Puerto Rico adjacent to the right. On another wall visible to the left, rows of cigars packaged in cellophane sit neatly stacked on dark wooden shelves.

    Tobacco Shipment

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    I shot several images of the Cuba Tobacco Cigar Company during a shooting trip to Little Havana in Miami. Here the store owners inspect a shipment of tobacco leaves in preparation for cutting and rolling. Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that is home to many Cuban exiles. The neighborhood is known for Cuban culture, food, and cigars.
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