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The Human Environment

For most of my life I have been fascinated with how people as individuals and as a culture adapt to, and adapt with, the environment in which they live, as well as the differences and similarities in such adaptations. This album is a collection of "Environmental Portraits" - photos that serve as a window into how people cope with their environment in everyday activities.

  1. Moroccan Man

    I encountered this man while waiting for Anne outside of a shop in a small town in the Atlas Mountains. He was standing there timi…

  2. Snake Man

    Typically I avoid "showmen" when we travel, but this character was so entertaining and engaging that I couldn't help myself. And h…

  3. Mukhtar

    Mukhtar was our local guide for a day-long visit to the village of Tinghir along the Todra River south of the High Atlas Mountains…

  4. Journey

    As I watch this man make his way on his donkey, slowly across the arid high plains of Cappodocia, Turkey, I could only think of th…

  5. Journey - 2

    And this is the detail of the Turkish man on his donkey. Think of the poor donkey - with the man and the goods strapped to its bac…

  6. Kufi

    This man, photographed in the market in the town of Ürgüp in Central Anatolia, Turkey, is wearing the Kufi, or prayer cap. Once up…

  7. Loaded Donkey - Fes, Morocco. April 2015

    In some places, the donkey still serves its purpose as a universal beast of burden. In Fes, the very narrow streets preclude the u…

  8. Moroccan Potter

  9. Danish Potter

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