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  • At St. Paul's Monastery, ancient (5th century) Coptic structure still in use, two women consult a priest.  They are in the shadow of an arched passageway.  The priest's head is bent to listen, while one of the women gestures towards him.
    Two women consult a Coptic priest in..gypt
  • Pyramids on horseback: along the plantation/desert border.  Giza pyramids visible on the horizon.  Head of the photographer's horse, ears askew, in the foregound.  One additional rider ahead, silhouettes of others in the distance.  They are walking along the sharply defined border between the desert and the agricultural land.  Ink wash effect applied to grainy Tri-X negative.
    Giza-pyramids-desert-border-EGY1979-...jpg
  • Head of the photographer's horse looking across the desert toward the Nile valley and the city of Cairo.
    Desert-horseback-EGY197704-28.jpg
  • Riding Princess, the chestnut colored horse, at the pyramids in  the Giza desert.
    Giza-pyramids-desert-EGY197704-2.jpg
  • Mysterious lone cairn of stones set in a hole in the middle of the Moroccan Sahara desert.  Distant mountains.  Who built the cairn?  Why?
    Sahara_desert_cairn_MOR200411_0738ed.jpg
  • Riding horseback from Giza to Saqqara across the desert.  Bent pyramid of Dashur visible in the distance, as is a strip of plantation on the left.  Six or seven figures on horseback visible in a ragged line.  Head of the photographer's horse in the foreground, ears askew.  Pen and ink wash effect applied to Tri-X negative.
    Desert-horseback-EGY1979-2~1drwg.jpg
  • View across the Giza desert northward, including one pyramid on the left and the Nild Valley on the right.
    Giza-pyramids-desert-EGY197703-22.jpg
  • The Erg Chelebi sand dune, largest in the Sahara Desert, at sunrise, from below across rolling approach dunes.  Human and animal footprints, a few vehicle tracks, pattern the sand.  "What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well."  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
    Sahara_sunrise_erg_chelebi_LD200411_...jpg
  • Desert view from the back of a chestnut horse, whose ears show in the image.  In the distance, two other figures on horseback.
    Horseback in the Sahara near Giza.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
  • Oman, Wadi Dawkah, frankincense trees in the desert area of the UNESCO - designated "Land of Frankincense."  Closeup of branches, desert beyond. Branches are slit so that the leaking resin can be collected.
    Frankincense_tree_OMN200801--4040.jpg
  • A frankincense tree alone in the Arabian desert, where in ancient times the frankincense trade plied from the Arabian sea to the Mediterranean.
    frankincense_tree_OMN200801-4033.jpg
  • Three managers consulting plans of a new factory in the desert. They stand among piles of bricks.  In the distance, a factory complex already build gleams faintly.
    Industrial development in Egypt
  • Curled and twisted branches of a frankincense tree, its leaves and trunks shadowed on the desert sand below
    OMN200801-4039ptg_border.jpg
  • Horse's head in the foreground, as seen by the rider.  Across the desert, all three Giza pyramids are seen.  Beyond, in the valley, the city of Cairo.  Faintly, further in the distance, the Moqattam Hills.  The horse's head and neck seen in the foreground, mane blowing in the wind, ears pricked toward the pyramids, looking eager and interested.
    Princess (a chestnut horse) at the P..Giza
  • Horse's head alertly gazing at the Giza pyramids in the desert as seen by the rider.  Marble-capped peak of Chephren stands out.  In the distance, a dark strip indicates the Nile valley and Cairo.  The horse's ears are pricked forward and mane flies in the wind.
    Giza-pyramids-horseback-EGY1977-31-1...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
  • Berber cemetery in the Sahara, Morocco.  Recent grave, with headstone and rockpile, in the foreground; others beyond receding into the distant desert sand.
    Bedouin_cemetery_Sahara_MOR200411_07...jpg
  • View from the saddle: riding along the demarcation between the Sahara desert and the Nile Valley, headed toward the Giza Pyramids.  Late afternoon sun casts sharp shadows.
    horseback riding toward Giza.jpg
  • Road across the hard flat desert of southern Oman.  View along the road toward a cloud of dust raised by a speeding jeep as it disappears in the distance.  Flat blue sky with wispy clouds above.
    Disappearing_dust_OMN200801-4064.jpg
  • Giza pyramids seen from the agricultural border, with two well grown fir trees and small canal in the foreground.
    Giza-pyramids-desert-EGY197704-35.jpg
  • Giza-pyramids-desert horseback--EGY1...jpg
  • Giza-pyramids-desert-D1_EGY197704-34.jpg
  • Giza-pyramids-desert-EGY197704-36.jpg
  • Two distant figures on horseback ride toward the three Giza pyramids which gleam in the sun.
    Giza-pyramids-desert-EGY197703-24.jpg
  • Giza-pyramids-desert-EGY197704-26.jpg
  • Pyramids with a flock of crows.  Marble-topped peak of Chephren (Khafre) on the left, Great Pyramid (Cheops or Khufu) on the right.
    Giza-pyramids-desert-birds-1979-42-1...jpg
  • View at sunrise toward the south across the rolling Sahara, toward a flat horizon. In the foreground, footprints of a couple walking along in close conversation.
    Sahara_LD2004110625.jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.
    OMN200801--4061ptg.jpg
  • Head on view of a white Sahara camel, with a pink rope bridle.  The creature looks directly at the camera, mouth open, showing dreadfully bad teeth,
    ANcamel2004110645.jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.  A row of tri-lobed pre-Islamic Arab tombs line the top above the horizontal layers stepping below.
    Wadi_cliff_side_OMN200801--4061.jpg
  • Ruins of a trade warehouse near the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.  The wall stumps are the remains of a stopover on the frankincense trade route through the Arabian peninsula.
    Wadi_Haynun_Dhofar_OMN200801--4063.jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.
    OMN200801--4061.jpg
  • OMN200801--4064.jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.  The wadi does not fill.  A row of ancient headstones can be seen along the cliff on the other side of the wadi.  It is empty, abandoned, featureless, dry.  In ancient times it was a busy trading route.
    OMN200801--4054.jpg
  • Camel eating from a pile of berseem clover near the Giza Pyramids, two of which are visible behind the creature.  Stems hanging from his mouth blur as he chews.
    Camel eating berseem in Giza.jpg
  • Photographer's shadow, camel's head and neck, and camel handler holding its lead, in early morning sunshine.  Morocco, near Erg Chelebi.
    MOR200411_0654.jpg
  • From the rider's point of view, horse's ears in the foreground, two other riders in the distance ahead.  Endless sand on all sides; slight hills on the horizon.  Short shadows; it is high noon; pale blue sky.
    From_horseback_Sahara_EGY197704-19.jpg
  • Rocky stream bed alongside a narrow road through the High Atlas mountains.
    Streams and cliffs of the High Atlas..occo
  • Landscape with a single fully grown frankincense tree in the UNESCO-designated Land of Frankincense region of southwest Oman.
    frankincense_tree_OMN200801-4033.jpg
  • Great Pyramid - Cheops or Khufu - looking toward the Nile Valley and the city of Cairo.  Scanned Kodachrome.  1977.  North half of the pyramid shows.
    Giza-pyramid-Khufu-EGY197705-9.jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.  Multiple horizontal striations in blues, yellows, and white, interspersed with white and beige sand.  Pale blue sky above.
    Wadi_Haynun_Dhofar_OMN200801--4061pr...jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.
    Wadi_Haynun_Dhofar_OMN200801--4054.jpg
  • Oman, Wadi Dawkah, frankincense trees in the araea part of the UNESCO - designated "Land of Frankincense."  Close up of a branch with new leaves on a living tree.
    Frankincense_tree_branches_OMN200801...jpg
  • View across an expanse of white sandy beach toward the Indian Ocean.  A pileup of shapely white cloud towers over the scene.  A tree branch near the camera in an upper corner confirms the distance.  Tiny details of seaweed, pebbles, and so on, just visible in the sand.  The beach is deserted.
    Indian_ocean_Zanzibar_beach_TNZ20080...jpg
  • Venetian Gothic church of Madonna dell'Orto, Cannaregio district, Venice; facade and campo from bridge.  Built early 15th c, restored about 1970.  The little campo is deserted, though the church door is open, with a sign on an easel giving service information.
    Madonna-del-orto-Venezia_ITA200403-9...jpg
  • Rainy streets can make nice reflections.  Perspective view down an alley at night in Florence, with a neon bar sign and a bicycle leaning against the wall opposite.
    Florence-streetscape-night-ITA201012...jpg
  • Mozart stayed at Bertramka during his visits to Prague in 1787 and 1791. It is now a museum.  Bertramka was purchased by Frantiszek Duszek and his wife Josefa Duszková in 1784; Josefa was a fine singer and both were Mozart's friends.  He completed the score for Don Giovanni while staying there before its Prague premiere.  This view shows Bertramka in snow, on a January day.
    Prague-Bertramka-Mozart-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • Mozart stayed at Bertramka during his visits to Prague in 1787 and 1791. It is now a museum.  Bertramka was purchased by Franti?ek Du?ek and his wife Josefa Du?ková in 1784; Josefa was a fine singer and both were Mozart's friends.  He completed the score for Don Giovanni while staying there before its Prague premiere.  This view shows Bertramka in snow, on a January day.
    Prague-Bertramka-Mozart-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • St. Pancras lock, lockhouse from across the Regent's Canal.  London.  Chilly day and nobody is around.  A vegetable garden visible beyond the 19th century lockhouse.
    St-Pancras-lock-Regents-canal-ENG200...jpg
  • 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
  • Perspective view down Lord North street (a one way street) toward restored 18thc church of St. John the Evangelist, Smith Square, London.  The church is now a concert venue.  The street is empty except for a few parked cars and a green trash bag awaiting pick up.  Two "do not enter" red traffic signs, one on each corner.
    Smith_Square_London_ENG200305-2.jpg
  • View northward (toward Cairo) from the top of the Aswan Dam.  Low slope toward the river Nile sheathed in cut stone.  Shadows of pedestrians at top.  Desert and river recede to the horizon.
    Nile_river_Aswan Dam
  • Portrait of an Omani young man in white dishdasha and red turban, seen in profile against a blue sky and distant desert landscape.  He is a guide at the ruins of the ancient port city of Sumhuram, southern Oman.
    OMN200801--4105.jpg
  • Portrait of an Omani young man in white dishdasha and red turban, seen in profile against a blue sky and distant desert landscape.  He is a guide at the ruins of the ancient port city of Sumhuram, southern Oman.
    Profile of a young Omani in red turban
  • Bedouin drummer joyfully hammers his drums in a nighttime performance in the desert near Erfoud, Morocco.  He is making a joyful noise.
    Bedouin-drummer-MOR200411_0606.jpg
  • Berber drummer teaches drumming to a blonde American tourist, at night, by firelight, in the Sahara desert.
    Teaching-drumming-MOR200411_0609.jpg
  • Young couple in a motor boat eases carefully past a gondola moored by a restaurant terrace in Venice.  The restaurant is deserted, though the gondola is elaborately fitted out for tourism.  But the couple in the motor boat have to go somewhere, in a justaposition of work and leisure.
    Daily-life-Venezia_ITA2004-06-32.jpg
  • Saddle horses rented from the MG stables in Giza are given a rest and a roll in the sand after being ridden.   Several horses are seen with their attendants, two rolling, one standing, one being led.  One horse in the foreground clearly enjoying his roll and back scratch.
    Giza-pyramids-desert-EGY193655~1.jpg
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