Eyes…  I keep noticing them everywhere I go…  The interesting shapes and sizes of people’s eyes here in Siem Reap, Cambodia, as well as those that are carved into stone.  I just spent nearly two hours at Bayon Temple photographing many of the beautiful stone eyes on the serene, peaceful faces that are there.  Now […]

What’s with everyone offering me the peace sign today?  Everywhere I go, I see boys and girls making the peace sign when I ask to photograph them.  From one temple to another, from one side of town to the other, they answer my question by saying “yes” and then hold up their fingers.  The first girl […]

One of the things that strikes me the most about exploring the temples here in Cambodia is the presence of thousands of women who have their likenesses exquisitely carved into the temple walls.  I’m told that they are called either an “apsara” or a “devata,” depending on the size, location and the meaning behind the […]

My brain can’t process what my eyes are seeing.  It’s so new to me.  I look up to the top, back down, and then across the breadth of the tree in front of me.  It’s huge!  I take a few steps forward to get a closer look, and I rub my hand along its smooth […]