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  • Shaft of noon sunlight penetrates a thick pine forest in Scotland to illuminate one of its trees, pale because it seems to have died. The dark green woods behind make it stand out as a magical experience.
    Spiritual sunlight_TR199310-1-17m.jpg
  • Mosque caretaker sweeping the floor seems to be sweeping the sunlight projected from windows on the exterior wall.    Their Islamic piercing pattern also projects onto the mosque pillars.  BAround and behind the sweeper, the pointed arches recede, also illuminated by sunlight.   This is a rare image of the mosque interior.
    Sweeping sulight in the Ibn Tulun mo..airo
  • View south to Lake Nasser from top of Aswan Dam.  Sunlight seeps through the branches of a young acacia in the foreground.
    TR198101-23.jpg
  • View down one of the entrance streets that leads into the ancient town and medina of Fez, Morocco.  Five scattered pedestrians walk toward the camera, two away; one shopkeeper arranges his goods; one young man leans against the corner of a building in the foreground.  Bright sunlight.  Five satellite dishes visible on different rooftops of several ancient apartment buildings.   Old and new juxtaposed in comfortable coexistence.  Viewpoint slightly high so that beyond the deeply shadowed medina area at the end of the street we can see a glimpse of modern construction and blue hills beyond.  Fez lies in a bowl with hills on all sides.
    Fes_Medina_Morocco_MOR200411_0505.jpg
  • Muscat, Grand Mosque of Sultan Qaboos, view down an arcade that borders the courtyard of the mosque.  Sunlight streaming between the pillars, casting parallel shadows.  Carved woodehn [teak] ceiling, pointed arch at entrance.
    arcade at Sultan Qaboos mosque
  • On the grounds of the Montebvgello Condominium in northern Virginia, a shaft of sunlight passes through the leaves to a little glade.  Beyond, a glimpse of a highrise apartment building.
    USA.VA202009-6701m2simplifyptgVanG10...jpg
  • Unknown contemporary abstract and geometric paintings illuminated by sunlight streaming from upper arched openings that give light to the underground structure.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-128.jpg
  • View from the embrasure of an open window at the top of the Nakhl Fortress, Oman.  Fortress walls are ! meter thick. Grove of palm trees and distant mountain seen through an iron grille.  Wooden shutters stand open, sunlight casting diagonal shadows from the grill.
    View from window grill at Nakhl Fortress
  • On the grounds of the Montebvgello Condominium in northern Virginia, a shaft of sunlight passes through the leaves to a little glade.  Beyond, a glimpse of a highrise apartment building.
    USA.VA202009-6701m2simplifyptgVanG10...jpg
  • Four laughing children seated together on a bench outside one of the village houses in Mirbat, Oman.  Intense noon sunlight on the whitewashed walls and street.
    OMN200801--4131 (1).jpg
  • Afternoon sunlight pouring along a path in the San Michele cemetery island, Venice.  The overall scene looks toward the water gate with cemetery and offerings on either side of the poplar lined avenue.  In the distance, a figure in a red shirt seems to be about to vanish in the light.
    Spiritual-journey_ITA200403-8-2pr14x...jpg
  • Niche in the Hall of the Ambassadors, Alhambra.  Tiled floor and wainscot, marble wall, decorated arches, grilled windows.  Sunlight streaming through the windows sheds a magical glow into the space.  Unusually, it is empty of tourists.
    Alhambra_niche_ESP201210--0253.jpg
  • Interior rooms of the Bayt el Razzaz, an abandoned Mamluk palace in urban Cairo.  A door stands ajar, showing sunlight streaming into the adjoining room.  In the 1970s, the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) funded explorations, and in 1995 UNESCO funded a status report: http://www.unesco.org/archi2000/pdf/morton.pdf
    Interior of the Bayt el Razzaz, an a..lace
  • Intense sunlight and a festoon of shadows from electric wiring characterize the facade of a stone house.  Barred window, painted wooden door, and a sense that the house is being kept if not lived in.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-1-1.jpg
  • Exploring a remote, unexcavated Hellenistic odeon somewhere near ancient Cnidos in Turkey.  Young woman in a blue bikini stands looking around in a patch of sunlight filtered through the trees.
    Hidden_ancient_odeon_TUR197908-16.jpg
  • London: Earlsfield Train station, stairway to the platform, 2003, before remodelling in 2006. The original brick walls give off mystical lights in blue, pink, and yellow, in reflecting the sunlight from the platform above.
    Stairway_to_light_ENG200305-30.jpg
  • Great Pyramid, northeast corner, profile, one person descending seen in silhouette.  Dramatically cloudy sky, magical qualityh of sunlight on the huge blocks of the structure.  Diagonal of the slope is prominent.
    Great-pyramid-silhouette-EGY1978-46-...jpg
  • Crowds around the Fountain of Trevi, late afternoon sunlight illuminating its facade.  18th century design by Nicola Salvi.  Crowds mill about in the foreground.
    Fountain-Trevi-Rome_ITA200901--4842.jpg
  • Interior corridor of the hemicycle in Trajan's Markets, Rome.  Sunlight streams through arched openings on the right to fall on shop entrances on the left.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0486.jpg
  • Avenue of cypresses in the garden of the Generalife, Grenada.  A few tourists stroll along the path.  Sharp sunlight and shadows.
    Alhambra_Generalife_cypresses-ESP201...jpg
  • Interior of a typical old Cairo house in Mamluk architectural style.  Sunlight throws a shadow of a lamp in the foreground against the qibla wall beyond.  The chair and water jars indicate that the house is somewhat cared for, if not actually lived in.
    Traditional Mamluk house interior in..airo
  • Casbah doorway, from inside through Islamic archway toward the courtyard outside.  Passageway is emphasized by deep shadows and bright sunlight in contrast.  The heavy door stands open. A TV / radio aerial is visible above the mud brick wall of the adjoining courtyard.  It represents a liminal space in which one has come from the inside and is about to enter the outside.
    Spiritual-journey_PS200411_0672.jpg
  • Rome, view from the Gianicolo (Janiculum)  hill at dusk.  Golden sunlight across the city roofs, hills beyond.
    Rome_cityscape_Janiculum_ITA200901--...jpg
  • Sunlight falling on a single pine tree in the middle of a Highland forest creates a sense of spiritual presence in the shadows of the other trees in the woods.
    Holiday_magic_TR199310-1-17card5x7.jpg
  • Angkor Wat: view along a corridor  of one of its galleries.Parallel linear pattern of sunlight and shadow projected through balustraded window opening.  Successive doorways recede into the distance.
    Angkor_Wat_interior_KHM200602-071.jpg
  • Looking up toward the dome of a small Greek Orthodox church in Ayvalik, Turkey, abandoned after the Greek-Turkish population exchange in 1923.  A priest from Lesbos comes over occasionally to offer a service here.   Since the early Gothic period in France, the holy spirit has been envisioned as being carried on light.   Here my deliberate manipulation of the high contrast of the image is means to illustrate this concept.
    Streaming_sunlight_TUR199710-02-6.jpg
  • View upward into the soaring apse vaults and windows at Beauvais Cathedral.  The intense colors of the stained glass windows sparkle in the enclosing vaults of grey stone.
    Gothic cathedral apse windows FRA200...jpg
  • Red and yellow apples in a bowl on a Turkish djijim..Red and yellow apples in a bowl on a Turkish djijim.
    Apples in bowl_SL199602-1.jpg
  • Olive oil bottles grouped on sidewalk outside shop, Apt town square..Olive oil bottles grouped on sidewalk outside shop, Apt town square.
    its crowded in here.jpg
  • View upward into the soaring apse vaults and windows at Beauvais Cathedral.  The intense colors of the stained glass windows sparkle in the enclosing vaults of grey stone.
    Beauvais_cathedral_apse_FRA200208-2-...jpg
  • Young acacia seen against a noonday sun.
    TR198101-23m.jpg
  • Reforestation of teak in Gujarat India.
    Young-teak-IND201201-0539.jpg
  • A view of the trees at the Montebello Condominium
    USA.VA202009-6701m.jpg
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  Nevertheless at least some of the multistory mud brick apartment buildings are lived in and electrical wiring is strung along the street.  An Omani man in white dishdasha and embroidered traditional cap strides purposefully down the street.
    OMN200801--3699.jpg
  • Sicily : Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Shadow patterns on the seats and stairs.
    ITA200610-197pr10x15.jpg
  • The mosque caretaker opens the interior shutters to the morning.  His gowned figure is silhouetted against the iron grillwork of the window.  A folded newspaper is in his left hand.
    Opening to the morning
  • Morning on the Grand Canal: lone gondolier, seen from behind, uncovers his gondola in preparation for a day's work.
    Gondolas-Venezia_ITA200403-6-17.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: detail of one bay in the nave, with clerestory windows above.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_328.jpg
  • Sharp shadow partly covers an old but occupied house in Ayvalik, Turkey.  Bicyclist passes doorway with a newish mailbox.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-24.jpg
  • View of London on the horizon from Primrose Hill.  The city is a visual border between foreground green park land and expansive brilliantly cloudy sky above.  Man seen from the back is near the camera, wearing khakis & white shirt.  He is taking photo in the foreground, camera bag over his shoulder, seen from behind.  Visible but distant landmarks from left to right: the Swiss RE  "gherkin" tower, St. Paul's dome, BBC radio tower, London eye.
    London-from-Primrose-Hill-ENG200706-...jpg
  • View from my hotel room near Fes.  The Medina glows pink in the light of the setting sun.
    Fes_landscape_MOR200411_0549.jpg
  • View toward San Michele, cemetery island,down a calle near the Fondamente Nuove, Venice.  The gondola entrance to San Michele is visible in the distance across the laguna..
    Daily-life-Venezia_ITA200403-7-33.jpg
  • Palace of Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.  Modern structure, approach avenue, row of street lsmps, polished marble sidewalk.
    Modern royal palace in Muscat
  • Trastevere street scene: sculpture on corner of a house, man drinking from a fountain; sculpture stuck on the wall above.
    Trastevere-streetscape-Rome_ITA20090...jpg
  • Cluster of trees casting shadows, Montebello Condominium grounds.  THeir positiobn implies that they are about to step forward.
    TR201105-64pr16x24ptgsimplify.jpg
  • Montebello woods
  • View along a colonnade of the Patio de los Leones, in the Alhambra.
    Patio de los Leones ESP201210--0268.jpg
  • Relaxing in a hammock on a sunny day.  The texture of the open-weave hammock casts a network of shadows on my bare legs and ankles.
    SL199209-2-1.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins.  View of colonnade separating the nave and side aisle on the north side.
    Fountains Abbey ENG200607_307.jpg
  • Pantheon; detail of oculus and dome interior coffered ceiling seen from below.  Blue sky and clouds visible through the open oculus.
    ITA200901--0751-2.jpg
  • From the photographer's viewpoint, looking over the horse's ears toward two women riding horses ahead, in conversation, approaching the Pyramids.  Giza desert spread on either side.
    Pyramids_on_horseback_EGY197704-5.jpg
  • Young acacia seen against a noonday sun, in a view southward from the top of the Aswan Dam toward Lake Nasr.
    acacia_Aswan_Dam,_TR198101-23m.tif
  • Three young men working at rinsing out freshly dyed clothing at a water source in the medina of Fes.  Onelifts a pair of jeans out of a bucket; another dips a jug into the water; a third carries a bucket while trampling on some rinsed clothes to wring them out.
    Fes_Medina_Morocco_MOR200411_0526.jpg
  • Sicily : Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Shadow patterns on the seats and stairs, making an abstract semicircular design.
    Greek_theater_Segesta_ITA200610-197.jpg
  • Taj Mahal terrace laid with a pattern of white marble lozenge shapes inserted in brick colored sandstone
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_IND200111-3-14.jpg
  • Pavement of the terrace of the Taj Mahal, white marble lozenges set into red sandstone paving tiles.  Early morning sun makes the marble gleam.
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_pavement_IND200111...jpg
  • Granada-Alcazar-ESP201210--0416.jpg
  • Plaza of Cisterns in the Alhambra, empty except for three people: woman seeming to be waiting for someone, a young woman seated and reading, and a man in a straw hat using his mobile telephone.  Sunlit cobbled ramp and walls, punctuated by cypress trees.  Elsewhere there were floods of European and Japanese tourists
    Alhambra_Plaza-Cisterns-ESP201210--0...jpg
  • Split, Diocletian's Palace, interior view showing part of the oculus, several arched window openings, and restored floor where a young teenaged boy practices his ball kicking skills.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-122.jpg
  • A passerby tosses a handful of marigold petals onto a statue of winged Garuda, already splashed with vermilion and petals.  Only her arm and hand gesturing with its shadow is visible, as is the shadow of a trident nearby, balancing the composition and framing the figure of Garuda. The 10 day annual Dashain festival is enthusiastically celebrated in Kathmandu..
    Spiritual_practise_Dashain_NPL200110...jpg
  • Looking down on bare branches delicately coated with new-fallen snow.
    Winter_Wonderland_USA.VA201002-4925c...jpg
  • South facade of St. Peter and St. Paul wool church in Lavenham, seen from near the south entrance.  A few gravestones scattered close to the church, casting shadows.  The late afternoon sun reflected off the 8-light Late Perpendicular style windows of the church.  Finely carved ornament on the buttresses and along the roof.
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0043.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : partial view of two adjoining temples, side by side, so that all their columns seem to cluster together.  A group of tourists partly visible below one of the temple platforms.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-097.jpg
  • Oman, in the village of Mirbat.  Four laughing children seated together on a bench outside one of the village houses.
    Four-laughing-children-Omani-OMN2008...jpg
  • Two gondolieri converse standing in their gondolas as they prepare them for the day.  Gondolas are ornamented with small gilded statues as well as the polished prow ferri.
    Two-gondoliers-conversing-ITA200403-...jpg
  • Egyptian official at Luxor, seated at his desk in his office by the entrance to the site, writes carefully in his logbook.  Wears a blue galabeyya, white turban, and purple overscarf.  Parallel shadows from the barred entrance gate cast curved bars of light on the irregular stone wall behind him.
    EGY197811-36 copy copy.jpg
  • Gentle surf at Virginia Beach on a sunny day.  White foam sparkles against the beach sand.
    surf_Atlantic_ocean_Virginia_beach_S...jpg
  • Sicily : ancient Greek Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Shadow patterns on the stone seats and stairs have been saturated somewhat to bring out the cyans and reds in the stone.  The graphic composition is a pattern of parallel curves.  The theater is still used for performances .
    ITA200610-197.jpg
  • Angkor, Ta Som : view through a sseries of doorways, with bright sun and deep shadow.
    Angkor_temple_Ta_Som_interior_KHM200...jpg
  • Vietnamese boatman, wearing a blue shirt, paddles from the bow of a canoe through a canal in the Mekong delta.   Palms trees, mangroves, and other growth lean over the muddy brown water.  Point of view of the passenger being paddled.
    Vietnamese_Heritage_VTN200602-2585.jpg
  • Two gondolieri converse standing in their gondolas as they prepare them for the day.  Gondolas are ornamented with small gilded statues as well as the polished prow ferri.
    Gondoliers-Gondolas-Venezia_ITA20040...jpg
  • Oman, in the village of Mirbat.  Four laughing children seated together on a bench outside one of the village houses. Their bare feet swing merrily in the sunshine.
    Omani children in Mirbat
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, and show some basic maintenance, little restoration seems to be attempted. Here a man wearing white dishdasha and red cap strides, arms swinging, down a street under a heavy electrical wire. Bright midday sun casts heavy shadows.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • Sunlit alley between shadowed mud brick mansions, village of Al Hamra, Oman.  The homes have been abandoned but remain standing.  All are defensive with small slit windows set high in the facades, and crenellations on the flat roofs.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • Scene in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah : traditional homes and apartments still occupied and wired for electricity.  Utility pole festooned with parallel strands of electrical wires, casting shadows on the mud brick walls.  Early afternoon sun casting heavy angular shadows on the mud brick walls.
    Omani Mud brick village of Misfah
  • Two men seated on a vast boulder in the Omani village of Misfah.  They wear traditional Omani dress of dishdasha and turban. One turns his head away and covers his face with one hand, not wanting his visage captured in the camera.
    Two Omani men seated on a boulder
  • Strong rainbow, all colors appearing, over a dark blue flat sea, against a sky packed with grey and white clouds.  The rainbow seems solid and majestic, disappearing into the sea at the horizon.
    Rainbow over the sea CL199807-0135sc.jpg
  • View along the diminishing Todra River, through a gorge toward distant mountainous desert.  Landscape of desert, cliffs, and drought-affected river, low in its bed.
    landscape-Todra-gorge-MOR200411_920.jpg
  • Fes: el Attarine Medersa: looking upward to the students' rooms, cornices and railings of carved wood thickly ornamenting every surface.  Three open windows.  Laundry hanging over a  window grille dries in the sun.
    Fes_Attarine-medersa_MOR200411_0506.jpg
  • Bare ruined choirs:  nave of Fountains Abbey looking westward.  Pillars and arches cast powerful shadows on the smooth grass.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_320.jpg
  • Looks down on bare tree branches delicately covered with new fallen snow ... beyond, a vision of Santa's miniature sleigh with its "eight tiny reindeer".  Above the image, the quotation from "A Night Before Christmas": "what to my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer"
    Snowy_Christmas_USA.VA101002-4925car...jpg
  • Refurbished Ayvalik home with elegantly curved iron bars protecting its windows.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-9.jpg
  • View from Piazza Venezia along Il Corso toward the Piazza del Popolo, seen from above, on the roof of the Vittorio Emmanuele monument .  City rooftops and the rolling landscape beyond to the blue horizon.  Late afternoon slanted sunlight and heavy shadow along the street.
    Il-Corso-ITA200901--0868.jpg
  • Corte Boera, called "Corte Sconta detta Arcana" which Corto Maltese's author Mr Hugo Pratt gave to it.  View through the water gate to the canal.  Sunlight bouncing off the water dapples the brick walls of the entrance..
    Corte-Boera-Venezia_ITA200403-7-29.jpg
  • Cemetery of San Michele, Venice, view along the path toward the gondola gate.  Late afternoon, strong sunlight pouring down between the cypress trees.  A single figure in a red coat vanishes in the distance.  Graves on either side of the path, some with flowers.
    San-Michele-cemetery-Venezia_ITA2004...jpg
  • Cluster of trees in slanting sunlight, looking as though they were about to walk toward the camera
    Walking woods
  • Doorway of the Mosque of the Sultan Al Mu'ayyad, (built 1415-1422) next to the Bab Zuweyla, Cairo; doorkeeper, seated with his shoes off, hand to his face.  He may be hiding from the camera, or he may be just resting or napping.   Door is heavily ornamented with repousse Islamic patterns.  Sunlight floods into the doorway.
    Islamic door and resting doorkeeper
  • Sunlight falling on a single pine tree in the middle of a Highland forest creates a sense of spiritual presence in the shadows of the other trees in the woods.
    Holiday_joy_TR199310-1-17card5x7.jpg
  • Aurelian wall from the top of the San Sebastiano gate, showing fields, trees, and the modern city in the distance along the horizon touched with sunlight.
    Aurelian-walls-sebastiano-Rome_ITA20...jpg
  • Shopping area of Ayvalik, with the shop of a flatbread maker.  Bright sunlight and sharp shadows fall on the facade of the shops.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-21a.jpg
  • Palace and mosque at Uparkot, Junagadh, interior of colonnaded hall.  Sunlight streams in at one side, the other side shadowed.
    Uparkot_Junagadh_IND201301--1259.jpg
  • Cairo school headmistress and hadji on the balcony of her school; janitor sweeping beyond her.  The headmistress wears a peaceful, mellow expression, as she has just returned from Mecca.  Her white scarf and drapery indicate this, though in the bright sunlight she must be very hot.  At the other end of the balcony, a subordinate, female servant sweeps the floor, her back turned to us.
    Egyptian woman hadji, recently retur..ecca
  • Man and woman seated together meditating on the cool marble floor of Ranakhpur, Jain temple built in 1439 in reign of Rana Kumbha, after businessman Dharma Sah dreamed that he should build a temple to Adinath, primary Jain deity, just at this spot.  Has 1444 columns each uniquely & richly carved with deities and floral motifs.  Beyond the couple, sunlight pours into an adjoining open courtyard.
    Ranakhpur_meditation_IND200111-8-4.jpg
  • Gentle surf of the Atlantic Ocean at Virginia Beach, lapping onto the sandy beach.  Foam in the shallows glitters in the bright sunlight.  Postprocessed painterly effect.
    Surf_Atlantic_ocean_Virginia_Beach_S...jpg
  • Angkor: doorways at Banteay Kdei recede in perspective.  Saturated colors of green moss, yellow sunlight, blue and aqua rock.  Not a realistic view.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Kdei_interior_...jpg
  • Bhaktapur main square from the top of the Nayatapola Temple.  Visitors dot the pavement, one beginning to climb the temple stairs. Mountain landscape beyond to the south of the square.  High noon, direct sunlight.
    Bhaktapur-town-square-NPL200110-13-1...jpg
  • Pierced stone window grille in the mosque of Ahmad Shah 1, Ahmedabad, seen from the interior, with sunlight projected onto the sill and embrasure.
    pierced_stone_window_IND201301--2586.jpg
  • Highlands landscape during heather blooming time.  Narrow, rocky footpath along a heather-covered hill in Aberdeenshire toward a stand of pine trees and a distance rural landscape of farms and fields.  Heavy grey clouds above part just enough to send a bit of sunlight down in the distance.
    Journey_in_heather_PS199310-06.jpg
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