Tag: blackandwhite
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Una tarde soleada en Bristol
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Conversation with street performer
During the August Feria and Christmastime Calle Larios has many street performers. He seems to be taking a break. I am curious about what they are discussing and who the woman is.
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My brother Ramón.
Ramon calls me “hermano” because of our shared faith. I’ve told him some of my personal burdens, and he always has an encouraging word. Our family has strong connections, so when I caught him with the sun on his face as he waited for his grandson by the school gate, I knew he was genuinely…
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Woman with bicycle
She and her husband travel around Europe on bicycles, returning home to earn enough money to leave again. I encountered them at a Christmas fair in Rincón de la Victoria, near Málaga, just back from a trip through France.
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Old man with cane/ Málaga, Spain
I was embarrassed to ask this man to take his picture. His face was half paralyzed as if from a stroke, but he was willing and even looked off to one side when I asked. A few weeks later I returned with a print to give as thanks. This time a woman approached me and asked what…
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Used book fair / Feria de libros usados
Sunday morning on Cuesta Moyano, near Madrid’s Parque El Retiro, used book dealers display their treasures. Onlookers gather as the dealer opens boxes of books recently purchased from some estate, eager to find a rare edition or at least something that will sell. Los domingos por la mañana en Cuesta Moyano, cerce del Parque El Retiro…
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Rodeo bums
Bull riding is a dangerous sport, and also the most exciting, so it always comes last in a rodeo. Boots, jeans and cowboy hats are almost required attire for everyone, not just those helping out. The rider has his helmet, protective vest and fringed chaps. A local cowboy walking down the street of my adopted city of Málaga…
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José, Virginia and Mely
Sunday afternoons the sounds of laughter drift over our next-door neighbor’s wall – deep hearty laughter, the sounds of friends enjoying pleasant conversation and probably good wine. José and Virginia and his mom Mely run a small neighborhood grocery store just down the hill. José is a bricklayer by trade, but jobs are scarce. Mely’s husband died a few years ago, so…
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Pepa – Seamstress / Málaga, Spain
My son needed a suit adjusted. (You’re wondering why a seventeen-year-old kid would wear a suit. It’s for a play.) He’s fairly thin for his height so the jacket, trousers, vest and shirt all needed some tailoring. No problem for Pepa. A few pins here and there and she was done. A week and a…
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Janette – Hillsboro, Kansas, USA
Her earliest memories are of dust clouds blasting her Texas Panhandle home, and her mother wrapping the sugar bowl in a towel, only to find brown dust among the treasured crystals. She’s lived in four different countries, adapting to life in large South American cities and the primitive Amazon jungle, and all with a husband and five…
ROLAND WALTER 