TRANSPORTATION HEADACHES: A Photographic Essay
AT THE EARLY MORNING MARKET IN JAIPUR, INDIA THE WOMEN DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING.
AT THE EARLY MORNING MARKET IN JAIPUR, INDIA THE WOMEN DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING.
IN INDIA THE CLOTHESLINE IS UBIQUITOUS, A PART OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE THAT PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES. IN URBAN SETTINGS ONE CAN SEE CLOTHES DANGLING FROM STRANDS OF WIRE HUNG FROM ONE WINDOW TO ANOTHER. EVEN ON THE SIDES OF BUILDINGS. OR DRAPED OVER BICYCLES. LOOKING FOR A LITTLE
As a kid growing up, I took snapshots of people with my rudimentary camera, mainly kids at summer camp and friends at boarding school and college. After graduation, I retired my camera and progressed to other avocations. When not working long hours as a fundraiser at Stanford
With Covid out of control and travel restrictions in place, 2021 could be described as boring. And yes, it might have been if I didn't ride a bicycle or travel to Los Angeles, and take a six week cross country road trip with Bruce. Riding
https://medium.com/@pamperkins/i-wished-him-dead-so-many-times-1ed73c719789 Dear Friends, This is a story I never thought I'd tell, but I knew that sharing my feelings through the written word would be cathartic, and it was. Grief comes in many different forms. This time my grief has more to do with what I don't know
What we wouldn't give to be hugging you right now. Instead we are pretty much confined to our house since our county just went on a second lock down that extends until mid-January 2021. When it gets lifted will depend on medical statistics over which
Dear Friends, This is a story about a book that changed my life. I read this book well over 30 years ago, but I still use the techniques I learned when I feel the need to change directions (like moving to Redwood City) or want
Dear Friends, Thank you for your patience with me. One problem with not publishing frequently is that I can screw up. Hopefully my story, which I published initially on Medium, will come through on my second attempt. For some of you, there will be some
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I am honored that two of my images from Iran, including "The Lady in Pink" (seen below on the invitation) were selected by Jurors Ron Herman and Mamen Saura to be in the exhibit The Corrective Lens at Foothill College in Los Altos, California from