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Click here to view this artwork,Ten Thousand Gateways - Kyoto, and its currently available sizes. Ten Thousand Gateways  |  Kyoto A portal suggests arriving at a new place. Windows and corridors are invitations to possibility. In this pathway leading into the Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan, there is a sense of passing from the secular to [...]

Click here to view this artwork,Naxi Blue - Lijiang, and its currently available sizes. Naxi Blue | Lijiang The Naxi minority who live in the ancient town of Lijiang in the Yunnan province are easily recognizable. Dressed primarily in white, blue, and black, the women wear tunic-type long dresses, pants, and sturdy, chunky shoes. It is [...]

Click here to view this artwork,Childrens Blessings - Bhutan, and its currently available sizes. Children's Blessing | Bhutan Poised high atop a mountain in Bhutan as if to guard the people below, the beautiful temple Changangkha Lhakhang overlooks the ancient city of Thimphu. The temple’s protective theme extends to the children who in this [...]

Click here to view this artwork,Red Calm - Burma, and its currently available sizes. Red Calm | Burma It was dawn when I made this image of a young monk in Myanmar. The day was chilly and I walked through the temple alone. Suddenly, this beautiful boy turned a corner and appeared in front of me. [...]

Click here to view this artwork,Eternity - Myanmar, and its currently available sizes. Eternity | Myanmar This young, novice monk, afloat in his tiny boat on Inle Lake, the second largest lake in Myanmar, is enshrouded in morning fog. How easily he stands while contemplating the vanished horizon. That line the mist dissipates, that demarcation between [...]

Click here to view this artwork, Friendship - Mandalay, and its currently available sizes. All around the world, young children are open with each other. When I traveled with my kids to Mandalay, Myanmar, they would just go off with the village kids while I worked. Their immediate ability to hold hands, play, skip, share a [...]

Boats | West Africa I am transported to the magic of emptiness when I look at this image. I waited for three hours to have that come about. Most days, the fishermen set out to sea during the black pre-dawn of morning, and upon their return, their blue boats are full of fish. The [...]

Lotus blossoms rise from mud and water to bloom and display their elegant, full beauty in a variety of colors. As we emerge from 2020 into the new year and look back upon the challenges of the pandemic and social justice unrest, I first thought of a phoenix rising from the ashes. With this [...]

FALL, Kashgar When I was young I’d go with my mom shopping at a market in Berkeley. Nearby, there was a record store that had racks of notecards for sale. I remember being mesmerized at the faraway places depicted on those cards. They were so magical to me. Those images—I had never physically journeyed [...]

Photographing people in countries and cultures other than the one in which I was born and raised, demands that I approach the work with an eye open for acceptance. Avoiding the narrow lens of judgment is crucial. What results is a gateway to beauty; not the shallow kind that comes from cosmetics, but profound [...]