Nelly Josephine Atamuratova is a young artist living in The Republic of Moldova; she was my student when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Nelly has recently branched out from painting and drawing into photography. She sends me emails of images from Moldova, Romania, and Turkey and I edit them for her in Photoshop. It’s […]
Istanbul
Global Snapshot: Blue Mosque, Istanbul Turkey [July 2002]
Blue Mosque, Istanbul Turkey [July 2002] Ahh – the Blue Mosque. Stand for a moment in the cool shadows of its elegant beauty and the grey-blue domes will capture your heart and imagination. It is, hands down, one of my most favorite buildings anywhere. On my first day in Turkey I challenged myself to make […]