Man Caregiver - Nagaland
his photo has sold a couple of times to nonprofits telling stories about gender roles in indigenous cultures. I met up with this man and his family after negotiating with my guide to spend the day by myself in Touphema. The rest of our crew went off to another village for a tour. At the time, visitors were required to be with a guide, so I was lucky that my guide was flexible and trusting of me. Most of the villagers spoke English, and everyone I met was fascinated that I had left my group and was alone.
Read moreAngami Basket Makers - Nagaland
I love photographing people who are making things, and I love how people make things with pieces of plants - such as baskets, nets and hats. In Nagaland, India, the men weave the baskets and other tools, and the women weave the clothing. The Angami tribe, which I visited in Touphema, Nagaland have a coop in which they create utilitarian baskets for gathering crops, hunting, and doing chores around home.
Read moreA Warrior Grins - Nagaland
I love the expression on this warrior-performer's face in Touphema, Nagaland, a remote region of India. He's wearing Sekrenyi Festival regalia used to celebrate virility, harvest and good fortune. Many people of these hilltop villages in the Eastern Himalaya speak English....
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Copyright Laura Read
One of my photography teachers, the great Norman Mauskopf, told me to begin my editing sessions by taking a close look at the first shot captured in any sequence of candid photography. "The first shot is almost always the best," he said. "Inspect your work and see if it's true."
Read moreA Dog, a Smoker and a Gargoyle, Monti neighborhood, Rome, Italy
In this little plaza, where people were commuting home on bicycles, conferring over tourist maps, or walking their dogs, you could carry out a drink from the bar and sip it by the lazy fountain, thus enjoying one of Rome's distinct pleasures, dolce far niente (or pleasant idleness).
Read morePhotographing Children, Scanno, Italy
In this plaza in Scanno, Italy, I spent several days watching the children at play while their parents shared stories in the background. I love the way the children's forms punctuate the plaza's open space, and I love how the tree is an anchor reaching upward right through the middle of everything.
Read moreBirth of a Calf, Nagle Farm, Ireland
While I was interviewing Oliver Nagle, right, and his father, Pat Nagle, left, about their livestock management practices in the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, an emergency in the barn put a stop to the conversation. A cow was having problems giving birth. A vet arrived - her name was Geraldine van Leeuwen - and the two men joined her in the birth stall. They allowed me to photographs the scene. These photos record what transpired. WARNING: These are not for the squeamish!
While I was interviewing Oliver Nagle, right, and his father, Pat Nagle, left, about their livestock management practices in the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, an emergency in the barn put a stop to the conversation. A cow was having problems giving birth. A vet arrived - her name was Geraldine van Leeuwen - and the two men joined her in the birth stall. They allowed me to photographs the scene. These photos record what transpired. WARNING: These are not for the squeamish!
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