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The Human Environment  4 of 16 / View all

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. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

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