Girl in the Striped Tights

“Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we domesticate the wild mallard. Children should become the role-models for us, their parents, for they are coated with the spirit from which they came- out of the ether, clean, innocent, brimming with the delight of life, aware of the beauty of the simplest thing; a snail, a bud….”

― Gerry Spence, Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

I saw this family out for a stroll on King Street one morning a few months ago.  I couldn’t resist the striped tights!

~ Patty

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Girl Power

“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
― Roman Payne

At Christmas last year, I went to Melbourne to photograph street art.  My son and I were colloborating on a book to showcase all the photographs we’ve taken over the years on our journeys around the world.  I took over a 1000 photographs in Melbourne and was totally overwhelmed.  I realized that I had photographed so many fab pieces either done featuring women, or done by women, that we could do a separate book just of these particular photographs from Melbourne.  Hence, our second book was born….and what else could it be entitled, but, Girl Power.  This is small sampling from the book.

~ Patty

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