Portraits
Moroccan man in his traditional hooded coat. Marrakesh.
Old lady with and cat. Meknes.
Old men dressed in the traditional hooded Moroccan coats on a bench just outside the city walls of Meknes.
Woman from Meknes in the sunlight of late afternoon.
Colors of Moroccan traditional dress. Meknes.
Elderly resident of Moulay Idriss in the traditional Moroccan dress and pointy hood.
Man dressed in green. Moulay Idriss.
Elderly men from Moulay Idriss.
A scene fron Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
Gurkha with typical kukri knife. Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Indian Maya girl from San Cristobal de las Casas.
An Indian man with a huge plume. Zocalo, Mexico City.
Old woman from Kathmandu.
Young Palistani boy wearing a typical cap from Baluchistan province.
Veilde women from Quetta.
Elderly Pakistani. Quetta.
Local woman from Cappadocia.
Turkish woman wearing burqa (chador). Istanbul.
Elderly Tibetan woman on Barkhor street in Lhasa.
Little Tibetan girl from Gyantse.
A man in front of his house in Coptic Cairo.
Tibetan with his child. Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
Old Tibetan man from the Shigatse area.
Old Tibetan man from the Shigatse area.
A man in front of his house in Coptic Cairo.
Bedouin from Luxor.
Worker unloading the day's catch. Malapascua island, Cebu province.
Tibetan woman in her traditional dress. Lhasa.
Old lama from Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Little girl from Masbate.
Philippino girl. Manila.
A woman in a traditional dress from Karnataka.
A monk from the monastery in Rumtek, Sikkim.
Indian baby. Badami, Karnataka.
Young Indian woman with her baby. Badami, Karnataka.
Indian baby. Badami, Karnataka.
An old man from Amritsar, Punjab.
Sadhu (holy man) in Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Kathakali dancer doing make up before the performance. Kerala.
Kathakali dancer personifying Good. Kerala.
A cry. Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
Character personifying Evil. Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai southern state of Tamil Nadu.
A character from kathakali dance performance in Kerala.
Make up before the Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
A character from kathakali dance performance in Kerala.
Mother with her daughter. Thiruvanantapuram, Kerala.
A soldier guarding the palace of maharaja in Mysore, Karnataka.
Old Tibetan man from Centre for Tibetan Refugees in Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Young Iranian girl. Isfahan.
This men from Yazd is probably the follower of an ancient Zoroastrian religion.
Portraits of two Ayatollahs - Khomeini and Khamenei on a wall near the Imam Square in Isfahan.
Street stall partly covers the mural with Ayatollach Chomeini's portrait.
Big and very hospitable Iranian family.
Haredi Jew with an abundant beard near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Old Jew near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew. Western Wall, Jerusalem.
A Jew in a streimel (round fur hat) near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Priest of the Coptic (Egyptian) Church. Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew with characteristic tefillin on his forehead - a black leather box containing scrolls of parchment with verses from the Torah. Jerusalem.
Old priest from the Russian Church of the Ascension. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
A young photographer in Jerusalem.
Elderly Jew from Jerusalem.
A Jew in front of the Wailing Wall. Jerusalem.
Roman soldier simulating attack with the pilum (thin javelin). Jerash.
A guard dresses as a Roman centurion. Jerash.
Local women with her child. Petra.
Old lady without feet and hands holding incense. Angkor Wat.
Photographs of the prisoners of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison displayed in the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum near Phnom Penh.
Portrait of king Norodom Sihanouk on the Reception Hall in the King's Palace complex in Phnom Penh.
A monk deep in his thoughts. Angkor Wat.
Young monk from Angkor Wat.
Barefoot girl from Angkor standing by the Cambodian national flag.
Native Maya man wearing an imposing plume. Zocalo, Mexixo City.
Maya wearing richly ornamented ritual dress on the main square (Zocalo) in Mexico City.
Young Maya man during the show of traditional dances on the main square (Zocalo) in Mexico City.
Holy sadhu posing for paid photos for tourists in Durbar Square in Patan.
Holy sadhu posing for paid photos for tourists in Durbar Square in Patan.
Nepali baby. Kathmandu.
"Holy sadhu" posing for tourists on Durbar Square in Kathmandu.
Nepali man (sherpa) carrying the famous "kukri" - Nepali knife, which became a symbol of Nepali army (Gurkhas).
Old man from Bahla in traditional attire with silver "kanjar" (Omani dagger) at his belt.
Omani woman in rarely seen colorful dress. Muscat.
Bedouin woman in distinctive mask on the goat market in Nizwah.
Omani man in typical round cap. Nizwah.
Old Omani man in traditional attire with silver "kanjar" (Omani dagger) at his belt. In Oman the majority of men still wear traditional white robes down to their ankles and turbans or white caps.
Black clad Bedouin woman wearing a distinctive mask looks almost like an alien among other, "normally" dressed ones.
A women wearing the traditional Omani abbaya. Nizwah.
Bedouin from the goat market in Nizwah.
Bedouin woman from the goat market in Nizwah.
Omani man in front of the gate of the reconstructed market (souq) in Nizwah.
Father and son posing for a photo in front of the gate leading to the reconstructed market (souq) in Nizwah.
Nepali baby.
Old Pakistani porter from Attari border crossing between Pakistan and India.
Stilt fisherman posing for a photo near Ahangama.
Kayan Lahwi women are famous because of unique brass coils they carry around their necks.
Kayan Lahwi woman from Mae Hong Son province with brass coil around her neck.
Young Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Young Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Youn Buddhist monk from Bangkok.
Woman from Karen tribe living north of Thailand near the border with Burma.
Thai girl from Ko Lanta (Lanta Island).
Long-necked Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Young Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Young Kayan Lahwi girl from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
A long necked Kayan Lahwi woman poses for photo in a village in Mae Hong Son province.
Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Woman and baby from a village in Mae Hong Son province.
Woman from the Akha hill tribe in Chiang Mai area.
The oldest and most stately lama from the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A monk from the Sera or Ganden Monastery near Lhasa.
Tibetan man with his hair decorated with traditional red braids.
Old Tibetan monk with his dog in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
This elderly Tibatan woman was not happy of being photographed.
Elderly smiling monk from Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan woman selling necklases made of coral and turquoises. Lhasa.
European girl and a young monk on a terrace in the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
The oldest and most eminent lama from the Tashilunpo Monsatery in Shigatse.
A worker on the plantation in Florida.
Clinton supporter on the election campaign picnic in Detroit, Michigan.
Pin collector. Detroit, Michigan.
A girl on Halloween day. Detroit, Michigan.
The former Alcatraz prisoner Whitey Thompson is signing his book. Alcatraz prison, San Francisco, California.
Little girl from Detroit, Michigan.
Proud soldier from Jaipur, Rajastan.
A man from Jaipur, Rajastan.
The longest moustache in Jaipur, Rajastan.
A woman from Pushkar, Rajastan.
Smoking man from Rajastan.
Old man from Udaipur, Rajastan.
A man with extraordinary moustache from Jaipur, Rajastan.
Holy sadhu, Udaipur, Rajastan.
A man from Jaipur, Rajastan.
Young woman from Jaisalmer, Rajastan.
A man in typical traditional Thai hat. Damnoen Saduak near Bangkok.
Haredi Jew from Prague.
Father and son. Shigatse.
Lama form the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse wearing ceremonial hat with red freckles during the festival.
Little girl from Badami, Karnataka.
Beautifully dressed woman from Karnataka.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Tibetan woman dressed her best in front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
Young boy from Tibet.
An old and stately lama from the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Burmese woman smoking traditional cheroot. Nuaung U near Bagan..
Old monk from Swedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
Old monk from Swedagon Paya Rangoon (Yangon) smoking cheroot.
Young nuns from Kinpun. Shan State.
A child from Mingun near Mandalay.
An elderly man with typical burmese cigar - cheeroot. Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
Old woman from the market in Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
Mexican lady protecting herself from the sun and the intrusive photographer. Mexico City.
Woman from the Akha hill tribe in Chiang Mai area.
Little girl from Ko Lanta.
A man in typical traditional Thai hat. Damnoen Saduak near Bangkok.
Little baby in a traditional hat worn by so of the Thai hill tribes.
A girl from Ko Lanta.
A girl with his face painted white during the Songkran Festival.
Shy young monk from Bangkok.
Moroccan man wearing traditional robes. Marrakesh.
A man from Fez.
Man in green from Moulay Idriss.
Young monk from Angkor Wat.
Bedouin woman in a traditional mask with a vertical partition.
Beautiful Iranian girl. Isfahan.
Old Bedouin. Luxor.
Local women with her son. Petra.
An old turkish man from the western part of Istanbul.
Photo session of the young couple soon to be married with the girl's family (father on the motorcycle) in front of Khoo Kongsi, Georgetown, Penang.
Chinese beauty depicted among series of other paintings on the wall inside Khoo Kongsi temple. Georgetown, Penang.
Portraits of ancestors in the ancestral temple of the Pinang Peranakan Mansion. Georgetown, Penang.
Mozart impersonator having a smoke break on St. Stephen's Square in Vienna.
Indian family resting in the garden after visiting Queen Victoria Memorial. Calcutta.
Old woman met at the Howrah Railway Station in Calcutta.
Old woman with sense of humor met at the Howrah Railway Station in Calcutta.
A girls selling flowers i n front of the entrance to Mahabodi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar.
Old sadhu from Bodhgaya.
Old man from Bodhgaya, Bihar.
Old sadhu from Varanasi.
Old man met in Varanasi.
Old man and a child. Varanasi.
Holy sadhu. Varanasi.
Toothbrushing at the bank of Ganges on a chilly December morning. Varanasi.
Old woman from Varanasi.
Woman selling flowers. Varanasi.
Orange clad sadhu on a street in Varanasi.
One of many holy sadhus of Varanasi.
A woman seen at Dhasashwamed Ghat in Varanasi.
Blind man singing and playing his one string, self made instrument (ektara). Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Blind man singing and playing his one string, self made instrument (ektara). Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Life guard on Model Beach in Puri, Odisha wearing a peculiar hat made of wicker and painted white.
Young Indian girl met in the Sun Temple in Konark, Odisha.
Blind beggar from Calcutta.
Japanese girl dressed in kimono in Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto.
Japanese girl dressed in kimono in Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto.
Japanese girl taking photo of her friend and the famous orange torii gates in Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto.
Japanese girl taking photo of her friend and the famous orange torii gates in Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto.
Japanese lady. Nara.
Traditionally dresed Japanese ladies in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
Cross dressing man (?) in Shinjuku district of Tokyo.
Elderly lady from Lviv (Lwów).
Uzbek woman from Bukhara.
Uzbek man wearing a traditional tyubeteika on his head with the Kalan Mosque behind him. Bukhara.
Uzbek man wearing a traditional tyubeteika hat. Bukhara.
Uzbek man wearing a traditional tyubeteika hat. Bukhara.
Elderly Uzbek man in Lyabi-Hauz square in Bukhara.
Elderly Uzbek man in Lyabi-Hauz square in Bukhara.
Happy Uzbek woman from the famous bazaar in Urgut near Samarkand.
Uzbek woman met in the famous bazaar in Urgut near Samarkand.
Uzbek men from Samarkand.
Abanian woman. Gjirokastra.
Albanian man from Tirana.
Abanian man having a rest. Gjirokastra.
Abanian man. Gjirokastra.
Abanian woman in a traditional dress. Gjirokastra.
Abanian woman in a traditional dress. Gjirokastra.
A corridor in Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
An elderly traveller seen in central Seoul.
Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna with Carnation, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Local woman from Antigua Guatemala.
A face from a commercial poster with its eye poked by the cleaner's mop handle. Kai Tak airport.
Local guide in a straw hat. Caye Caulker.
New Yorker.
Portrait of the President of Poland and his wife in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw a few weeks after the tragic catastrophe of the presidential plane in Smoleńsk in Russia.
A flower man during the parade in Hong Kong Disneyland.
A lady from Port Louis.
A young couple in love embrace in Brisbane, Queensland.
Young girl from the Solola market.
A girl from Morondava with with traces of masonjoany on her face. Masonjoany is a natural cosmetic paste made from a special sandalwood (traditionally from the Santalina tree).
A woman with her baby from Morondava. On her face is masonjoany - a natural cosmetic paste made from a special sandalwood (traditionally from the Santalina tree).
A wax figure resembling Marylin Monroe at the entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
Woman from Morondava with masonjoany on her face - a natural cosmetic paste made from a special sandalwood (traditionally from the Santalina tree).
Girls from Birgu (Vittoriosa) dressed their best on the Easter Sunday afternoon.
A child from Bagan.
A girl met on the beach in Morondava.
Geisha from Kyoto.
Korean girl with blond dyed hair seen on Gwangjang Market, the largest covered fresh food market in Seoul.
Local woman from the market in Solola.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg created to commemorate Russian victories in the Napoleonic Wars. It contains 332 portraits of generals who were heroes of the war of 1812.
Equestrial portrait of Emperor Alexander I in the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Geisha.Kyoto.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace with 332 portraits of generals who took part in the war of 1812 against Napoleon painted by British portraitist George Dawe and his assistants. St. Petersburg.
Burmese woman smoking cheroot - a traditional cigar. Kyautawgyi temple in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Burmese woman smoking cheroot - a traditional cigar. Kyautawgyi temple in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Young girl from the market in Indein village on Inle lake.
Vietnamese family taking photo in imperial disguise. Hue Imperial City.
Mother and daughter from Belo Tsiribihina .
Young girl from the market in Indein village on Inle lake with Thanaka "make-up" on her face.
Dancer from one of Indian tribes gathered at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Burmese baby with a leaf like pattern made of Thanaka on its face. Thanaka is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark. Bago.
Young dancer at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
One of the faces of the London Pride parade 2014 parodying Queen Elizabeth II.
Woman from Belo Tsiribihina .
Young mother with child - both with patterns made of Thanaka on their faces. Bago.
An Indian man wearing exquisite head embellishment at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young boy dancing at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young boy in monk's robes from Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting Madonna and Child with Flowers, completed around 1478–1480. State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
At the bank of Mono Lake in Eastern California.
Beautiful girl in Łyse dressed in the local costume from the Polish region of Kurpie.
A lady waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with her "Roman soldiers" in front of the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
Elderly resident of Marsaxlokk.
A local Maya woman on the market in Solola.
A lady from Pasar Beringharjo (main market) in Yogyakarta.
A girl from Indein village on Inle lake with Thanaka "make up" on her face. Shan State.
Shy girl from a village next to the crossing through Manambolo river on the way from Morondava to Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park.
Japanese teenager dressed in "fetish" style. Osaka.
Colorfully dressed lady from Vilnius.
Malagasy lady with her face covered by Masonjoany, a cosmetic paste and sunscreen made of ground wood. Belo Tsiribihina and the way from Morondava to Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park.
Japanese teenager. Osaka.
Old man from Hanoi.
Little girl from Hue.
Smiling monk from Kyaiktyio.
Smiling trishaw driver in Hue.
Face of the embalmed body of pope John XXIII in the glass coffin kept under the altar of St Jerome in the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican.
A girl from Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
Blue Boudoir, one of the State Rooms at Warwick Castle dating from around 1870. Above the fireplace is ans Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII.
Man wearing a beret is reading a newspaper on a misty winter morning by the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Chinese girl dressed as a character from Manga (japanese comic book). Hong Kong Disneyland.
Chinese woman with exceptionally high number of earrings met in New Territories.
An owl s profile. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane, Queensland.
Young Polish girl sitting between two elderly Vietnamese men. Hanoi.
A couple in love sitting on the parapet wall of Giardino Storico di Sant' Alessio on Aventine Hill in Rome with the dome of Saint Peter's Cathedral in the background.
A man from Chaung Chau island.
Girls from the Harajuku Bridge. Tokyo.
Litlle boy from Hue.
Maori man chanting an old song. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Maori man with traditional tattoo on his face. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Maori man talking about the history of his family. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Maori man talking about the history of his family. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Man playing saxophone in Villa Borghese park in Rome.
A couple in love sitting on the parapet wall of Giardino Storico di Sant' Alessio on Avantine Hill in Rome with the dome of Saint Peter's Cathedral in the background.
Larry Woods, aka "Mister Sunshine" or the “Shoeshine Man” on a lower Queen Street bench in Auckland.
Old man resting. New Territories.
Sicilian man basking in the sun during a lazy evening in Palermo.
A woman from Corleone, Sicily.
Elderly Indian woman at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The winner of the women category of the tribal dress contest at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dancer in full outfit at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
A member of the Jewish community in Syracuse, Sicily.
A Sicilian man dressed his best on a street of Ortigia in Siracusa, Sicily.
Transformer impersonator on the Hollywood Boulevard. Los Angeles, California.
The Mad Hatter impersonator on the Hollywood Boulevard. Los Angeles, California.
Resident of New Orleans, Louisiana.
A man in French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Trombonist from the street parade orchestra in New York.
A bearded motorcyclist from New Orleans. Louisiana.
A 4 star US general in Annapolis Naval Academy, Maryland.
A gigantic photo of Marilyn Monroe on the wall in Hollywood, California.
A mural with some of the most famous movie icons of all times - John Wayne, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin. Hollywood, California.
American postman from Chicago, Illinois.
Elvis portrait surrounded by flowers presented by the Chicago Fan Club for the anniversary of singer's death (16th August). Graceland, Tennessee.
A fan covered with pins showing photos of various body parts of Elvis. Graceland, Tennessee
Impersonator of Elvis is signing his photographs on the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death (16th August) in Graceland, Tennessee
A woman from Santa Monica beach. California.
A man from Santa Monica beach. California.
Little boy in full gala uniform represents his military school on a street parade in New York.
Uncle Sam on a street parade. New York.
Moroccan man in his traditional hooded coat. Marrakesh.
Old lady with and cat. Meknes.
Old men dressed in the traditional hooded Moroccan coats on a bench just outside the city walls of Meknes.
Woman from Meknes in the sunlight of late afternoon.
Colors of Moroccan traditional dress. Meknes.
Elderly resident of Moulay Idriss in the traditional Moroccan dress and pointy hood.
Man dressed in green. Moulay Idriss.
Elderly men from Moulay Idriss.
A scene fron Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
Gurkha with typical kukri knife. Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Indian Maya girl from San Cristobal de las Casas.
An Indian man with a huge plume. Zocalo, Mexico City.
Old woman from Kathmandu.
Young Palistani boy wearing a typical cap from Baluchistan province.
Veilde women from Quetta.
Elderly Pakistani. Quetta.
Local woman from Cappadocia.
Turkish woman wearing burqa (chador). Istanbul.
Elderly Tibetan woman on Barkhor street in Lhasa.
Little Tibetan girl from Gyantse.
A man in front of his house in Coptic Cairo.
Tibetan with his child. Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
Old Tibetan man from the Shigatse area.
Old Tibetan man from the Shigatse area.
A man in front of his house in Coptic Cairo.
Bedouin from Luxor.
Worker unloading the day's catch. Malapascua island, Cebu province.
Tibetan woman in her traditional dress. Lhasa.
Old lama from Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Little girl from Masbate.
Philippino girl. Manila.
A woman in a traditional dress from Karnataka.
A monk from the monastery in Rumtek, Sikkim.
Indian baby. Badami, Karnataka.
Young Indian woman with her baby. Badami, Karnataka.
Indian baby. Badami, Karnataka.
An old man from Amritsar, Punjab.
Sadhu (holy man) in Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Kathakali dancer doing make up before the performance. Kerala.
Kathakali dancer personifying Good. Kerala.
A cry. Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
Character personifying Evil. Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai southern state of Tamil Nadu.
A character from kathakali dance performance in Kerala.
Make up before the Kathakali dance performance, Kerala.
A character from kathakali dance performance in Kerala.
Mother with her daughter. Thiruvanantapuram, Kerala.
A soldier guarding the palace of maharaja in Mysore, Karnataka.
Old Tibetan man from Centre for Tibetan Refugees in Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Young Iranian girl. Isfahan.
This men from Yazd is probably the follower of an ancient Zoroastrian religion.
Portraits of two Ayatollahs - Khomeini and Khamenei on a wall near the Imam Square in Isfahan.
Street stall partly covers the mural with Ayatollach Chomeini's portrait.
Big and very hospitable Iranian family.
Haredi Jew with an abundant beard near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Old Jew near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew. Western Wall, Jerusalem.
A Jew in a streimel (round fur hat) near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Priest of the Coptic (Egyptian) Church. Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew with characteristic tefillin on his forehead - a black leather box containing scrolls of parchment with verses from the Torah. Jerusalem.
Old priest from the Russian Church of the Ascension. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
A young photographer in Jerusalem.
Elderly Jew from Jerusalem.
A Jew in front of the Wailing Wall. Jerusalem.
Roman soldier simulating attack with the pilum (thin javelin). Jerash.
A guard dresses as a Roman centurion. Jerash.
Local women with her child. Petra.
Old lady without feet and hands holding incense. Angkor Wat.
Photographs of the prisoners of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison displayed in the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum near Phnom Penh.
Portrait of king Norodom Sihanouk on the Reception Hall in the King's Palace complex in Phnom Penh.
A monk deep in his thoughts. Angkor Wat.
Young monk from Angkor Wat.
Barefoot girl from Angkor standing by the Cambodian national flag.
Native Maya man wearing an imposing plume. Zocalo, Mexixo City.
Maya wearing richly ornamented ritual dress on the main square (Zocalo) in Mexico City.
Young Maya man during the show of traditional dances on the main square (Zocalo) in Mexico City.
Holy sadhu posing for paid photos for tourists in Durbar Square in Patan.
Holy sadhu posing for paid photos for tourists in Durbar Square in Patan.
Nepali baby. Kathmandu.
"Holy sadhu" posing for tourists on Durbar Square in Kathmandu.
Nepali man (sherpa) carrying the famous "kukri" - Nepali knife, which became a symbol of Nepali army (Gurkhas).
Old man from Bahla in traditional attire with silver "kanjar" (Omani dagger) at his belt.
Omani woman in rarely seen colorful dress. Muscat.
Bedouin woman in distinctive mask on the goat market in Nizwah.
Omani man in typical round cap. Nizwah.
Old Omani man in traditional attire with silver "kanjar" (Omani dagger) at his belt. In Oman the majority of men still wear traditional white robes down to their ankles and turbans or white caps.
Black clad Bedouin woman wearing a distinctive mask looks almost like an alien among other, "normally" dressed ones.
A women wearing the traditional Omani abbaya. Nizwah.
Bedouin from the goat market in Nizwah.
Bedouin woman from the goat market in Nizwah.
Omani man in front of the gate of the reconstructed market (souq) in Nizwah.
Father and son posing for a photo in front of the gate leading to the reconstructed market (souq) in Nizwah.
Nepali baby.
Old Pakistani porter from Attari border crossing between Pakistan and India.
Stilt fisherman posing for a photo near Ahangama.
Kayan Lahwi women are famous because of unique brass coils they carry around their necks.
Kayan Lahwi woman from Mae Hong Son province with brass coil around her neck.
Young Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Young Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Youn Buddhist monk from Bangkok.
Woman from Karen tribe living north of Thailand near the border with Burma.
Thai girl from Ko Lanta (Lanta Island).
Long-necked Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Young Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Young Kayan Lahwi girl from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
A long necked Kayan Lahwi woman poses for photo in a village in Mae Hong Son province.
Kayan Lahwi woman from Kayan village in Mae Hong Son province.
Woman and baby from a village in Mae Hong Son province.
Woman from the Akha hill tribe in Chiang Mai area.
The oldest and most stately lama from the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A monk from the Sera or Ganden Monastery near Lhasa.
Tibetan man with his hair decorated with traditional red braids.
Old Tibetan monk with his dog in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
This elderly Tibatan woman was not happy of being photographed.
Elderly smiling monk from Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan woman selling necklases made of coral and turquoises. Lhasa.
European girl and a young monk on a terrace in the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
The oldest and most eminent lama from the Tashilunpo Monsatery in Shigatse.
A worker on the plantation in Florida.
Clinton supporter on the election campaign picnic in Detroit, Michigan.
Pin collector. Detroit, Michigan.
A girl on Halloween day. Detroit, Michigan.
The former Alcatraz prisoner Whitey Thompson is signing his book. Alcatraz prison, San Francisco, California.
Little girl from Detroit, Michigan.
Proud soldier from Jaipur, Rajastan.
A man from Jaipur, Rajastan.
The longest moustache in Jaipur, Rajastan.
A woman from Pushkar, Rajastan.
Smoking man from Rajastan.
Old man from Udaipur, Rajastan.
A man with extraordinary moustache from Jaipur, Rajastan.
Holy sadhu, Udaipur, Rajastan.
A man from Jaipur, Rajastan.
Young woman from Jaisalmer, Rajastan.
A man in typical traditional Thai hat. Damnoen Saduak near Bangkok.
Haredi Jew from Prague.
Father and son. Shigatse.
Lama form the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse wearing ceremonial hat with red freckles during the festival.
Little girl from Badami, Karnataka.
Beautifully dressed woman from Karnataka.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Tibetan woman dressed her best in front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
Young boy from Tibet.
An old and stately lama from the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Burmese woman smoking traditional cheroot. Nuaung U near Bagan..
Old monk from Swedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
Old monk from Swedagon Paya Rangoon (Yangon) smoking cheroot.
Young nuns from Kinpun. Shan State.
A child from Mingun near Mandalay.
An elderly man with typical burmese cigar - cheeroot. Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
Old woman from the market in Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
Mexican lady protecting herself from the sun and the intrusive photographer. Mexico City.
Woman from the Akha hill tribe in Chiang Mai area.
Little girl from Ko Lanta.
A man in typical traditional Thai hat. Damnoen Saduak near Bangkok.
Little baby in a traditional hat worn by so of the Thai hill tribes.
A girl from Ko Lanta.
A girl with his face painted white during the Songkran Festival.
Shy young monk from Bangkok.
Moroccan man wearing traditional robes. Marrakesh.
A man from Fez.
Man in green from Moulay Idriss.
Young monk from Angkor Wat.
Bedouin woman in a traditional mask with a vertical partition.
Beautiful Iranian girl. Isfahan.
Old Bedouin. Luxor.
Local women with her son. Petra.
An old turkish man from the western part of Istanbul.
Photo session of the young couple soon to be married with the girl's family (father on the motorcycle) in front of Khoo Kongsi, Georgetown, Penang.
Chinese beauty depicted among series of other paintings on the wall inside Khoo Kongsi temple. Georgetown, Penang.
Portraits of ancestors in the ancestral temple of the Pinang Peranakan Mansion. Georgetown, Penang.
Mozart impersonator having a smoke break on St. Stephen's Square in Vienna.
Indian family resting in the garden after visiting Queen Victoria Memorial. Calcutta.
Old woman met at the Howrah Railway Station in Calcutta.
Old woman with sense of humor met at the Howrah Railway Station in Calcutta.
A girls selling flowers i n front of the entrance to Mahabodi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar.
Old sadhu from Bodhgaya.
Old man from Bodhgaya, Bihar.
Old sadhu from Varanasi.
Old man met in Varanasi.
Old man and a child. Varanasi.
Holy sadhu. Varanasi.
Toothbrushing at the bank of Ganges on a chilly December morning. Varanasi.
Old woman from Varanasi.
Woman selling flowers. Varanasi.
Orange clad sadhu on a street in Varanasi.
One of many holy sadhus of Varanasi.
A woman seen at Dhasashwamed Ghat in Varanasi.
Blind man singing and playing his one string, self made instrument (ektara). Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Blind man singing and playing his one string, self made instrument (ektara). Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Life guard on Model Beach in Puri, Odisha wearing a peculiar hat made of wicker and painted white.
Young Indian girl met in the Sun Temple in Konark, Odisha.
Blind beggar from Calcutta.
Japanese girl dressed in kimono in Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto.
Japanese girl dressed in kimono in Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto.
Japanese girl taking photo of her friend and the famous orange torii gates in Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto.
Japanese girl taking photo of her friend and the famous orange torii gates in Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto.
Japanese lady. Nara.
Traditionally dresed Japanese ladies in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
Cross dressing man (?) in Shinjuku district of Tokyo.
Elderly lady from Lviv (Lwów).
Uzbek woman from Bukhara.
Uzbek man wearing a traditional tyubeteika on his head with the Kalan Mosque behind him. Bukhara.
Uzbek man wearing a traditional tyubeteika hat. Bukhara.
Uzbek man wearing a traditional tyubeteika hat. Bukhara.
Elderly Uzbek man in Lyabi-Hauz square in Bukhara.
Elderly Uzbek man in Lyabi-Hauz square in Bukhara.
Happy Uzbek woman from the famous bazaar in Urgut near Samarkand.
Uzbek woman met in the famous bazaar in Urgut near Samarkand.
Uzbek men from Samarkand.
Abanian woman. Gjirokastra.
Albanian man from Tirana.
Abanian man having a rest. Gjirokastra.
Abanian man. Gjirokastra.
Abanian woman in a traditional dress. Gjirokastra.
Abanian woman in a traditional dress. Gjirokastra.
A corridor in Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
An elderly traveller seen in central Seoul.
Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna with Carnation, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Local woman from Antigua Guatemala.
A face from a commercial poster with its eye poked by the cleaner's mop handle. Kai Tak airport.
Local guide in a straw hat. Caye Caulker.
New Yorker.
Portrait of the President of Poland and his wife in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw a few weeks after the tragic catastrophe of the presidential plane in Smoleńsk in Russia.
A flower man during the parade in Hong Kong Disneyland.
A lady from Port Louis.
A young couple in love embrace in Brisbane, Queensland.
Young girl from the Solola market.
A girl from Morondava with with traces of masonjoany on her face. Masonjoany is a natural cosmetic paste made from a special sandalwood (traditionally from the Santalina tree).
A woman with her baby from Morondava. On her face is masonjoany - a natural cosmetic paste made from a special sandalwood (traditionally from the Santalina tree).
A wax figure resembling Marylin Monroe at the entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
Woman from Morondava with masonjoany on her face - a natural cosmetic paste made from a special sandalwood (traditionally from the Santalina tree).
Girls from Birgu (Vittoriosa) dressed their best on the Easter Sunday afternoon.
A child from Bagan.
A girl met on the beach in Morondava.
Geisha from Kyoto.
Korean girl with blond dyed hair seen on Gwangjang Market, the largest covered fresh food market in Seoul.
Local woman from the market in Solola.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg created to commemorate Russian victories in the Napoleonic Wars. It contains 332 portraits of generals who were heroes of the war of 1812.
Equestrial portrait of Emperor Alexander I in the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Geisha.Kyoto.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace with 332 portraits of generals who took part in the war of 1812 against Napoleon painted by British portraitist George Dawe and his assistants. St. Petersburg.
Burmese woman smoking cheroot - a traditional cigar. Kyautawgyi temple in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Burmese woman smoking cheroot - a traditional cigar. Kyautawgyi temple in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Young girl from the market in Indein village on Inle lake.
Vietnamese family taking photo in imperial disguise. Hue Imperial City.
Mother and daughter from Belo Tsiribihina .
Young girl from the market in Indein village on Inle lake with Thanaka "make-up" on her face.
Dancer from one of Indian tribes gathered at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Burmese baby with a leaf like pattern made of Thanaka on its face. Thanaka is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark. Bago.
Young dancer at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
One of the faces of the London Pride parade 2014 parodying Queen Elizabeth II.
Woman from Belo Tsiribihina .
Young mother with child - both with patterns made of Thanaka on their faces. Bago.
An Indian man wearing exquisite head embellishment at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young boy dancing at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young boy in monk's robes from Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting Madonna and Child with Flowers, completed around 1478–1480. State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
At the bank of Mono Lake in Eastern California.
Beautiful girl in Łyse dressed in the local costume from the Polish region of Kurpie.
A lady waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with her "Roman soldiers" in front of the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
Elderly resident of Marsaxlokk.
A local Maya woman on the market in Solola.
A lady from Pasar Beringharjo (main market) in Yogyakarta.
A girl from Indein village on Inle lake with Thanaka "make up" on her face. Shan State.
Shy girl from a village next to the crossing through Manambolo river on the way from Morondava to Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park.
Japanese teenager dressed in "fetish" style. Osaka.
Colorfully dressed lady from Vilnius.
Malagasy lady with her face covered by Masonjoany, a cosmetic paste and sunscreen made of ground wood. Belo Tsiribihina and the way from Morondava to Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park.
Japanese teenager. Osaka.
Old man from Hanoi.
Little girl from Hue.
Smiling monk from Kyaiktyio.
Smiling trishaw driver in Hue.
Face of the embalmed body of pope John XXIII in the glass coffin kept under the altar of St Jerome in the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican.
A girl from Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
Blue Boudoir, one of the State Rooms at Warwick Castle dating from around 1870. Above the fireplace is ans Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII.
Man wearing a beret is reading a newspaper on a misty winter morning by the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Chinese girl dressed as a character from Manga (japanese comic book). Hong Kong Disneyland.
Chinese woman with exceptionally high number of earrings met in New Territories.
An owl s profile. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane, Queensland.
Young Polish girl sitting between two elderly Vietnamese men. Hanoi.
A couple in love sitting on the parapet wall of Giardino Storico di Sant' Alessio on Aventine Hill in Rome with the dome of Saint Peter's Cathedral in the background.
A man from Chaung Chau island.
Girls from the Harajuku Bridge. Tokyo.
Litlle boy from Hue.
Maori man chanting an old song. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Maori man with traditional tattoo on his face. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Maori man talking about the history of his family. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Maori man talking about the history of his family. Ohinemutu Village at the bank of Lake Rotorua, North Island.
Man playing saxophone in Villa Borghese park in Rome.
A couple in love sitting on the parapet wall of Giardino Storico di Sant' Alessio on Avantine Hill in Rome with the dome of Saint Peter's Cathedral in the background.
Larry Woods, aka "Mister Sunshine" or the “Shoeshine Man” on a lower Queen Street bench in Auckland.
Old man resting. New Territories.
Sicilian man basking in the sun during a lazy evening in Palermo.
A woman from Corleone, Sicily.
Elderly Indian woman at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The winner of the women category of the tribal dress contest at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dancer in full outfit at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
A member of the Jewish community in Syracuse, Sicily.
A Sicilian man dressed his best on a street of Ortigia in Siracusa, Sicily.
Transformer impersonator on the Hollywood Boulevard. Los Angeles, California.
The Mad Hatter impersonator on the Hollywood Boulevard. Los Angeles, California.
Resident of New Orleans, Louisiana.
A man in French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Trombonist from the street parade orchestra in New York.
A bearded motorcyclist from New Orleans. Louisiana.
A 4 star US general in Annapolis Naval Academy, Maryland.
A gigantic photo of Marilyn Monroe on the wall in Hollywood, California.
A mural with some of the most famous movie icons of all times - John Wayne, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin. Hollywood, California.
American postman from Chicago, Illinois.
Elvis portrait surrounded by flowers presented by the Chicago Fan Club for the anniversary of singer's death (16th August). Graceland, Tennessee.
A fan covered with pins showing photos of various body parts of Elvis. Graceland, Tennessee
Impersonator of Elvis is signing his photographs on the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death (16th August) in Graceland, Tennessee
A woman from Santa Monica beach. California.
A man from Santa Monica beach. California.
Little boy in full gala uniform represents his military school on a street parade in New York.
Uncle Sam on a street parade. New York.