Painted Face, by Ryszard WierzbickiPainted Face by Ryszard Wierzbicki
The picture was made in March 2012 during my Myanmar trip. This girl with painted face was spotted close to U Bein by the worlds longest teak span bridge of Amarapura near Mandalay. She was one of the kids crowded around a backpackers group…

New York by Patricia Saraiva
For the first time in New York, I could not fail to do this tour. It was taken from the top of the Empire State, which can be seen in shadow in this photo. The strength, beauty, and be sure to be at the center of the world! A place to attend…

The Weight of Breath
We spend our lives trying to see clearly. We want the edges of things to be sharp, the horizon to be fixed, the path to be certain. But there is a mercy in the blur. When the world pulls a veil over itself, the noise of the familiar falls away.…
