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“New Year’s Eve 2000 Celebration”
Cairo, Egypt
The whirling dancer and pulsing, exotic music brought
in the millennium with a powerful blast.

“Temple of God Khnum”
Esna, Egypt Dec, 1999
At the Temple of God Khnum
I waited for a robed figure to appear
in the foreground. Unexpectedly, when
I was ready to shoot, a bicyclist came by.
The figures in the picture, along with
the shadows and the warm and soft
colors, added to the mysterious and
serene tone of the temple.

“The Whirling Dervishes at a Twelfth-Century Caravanserai”
Cappadocia, Turkey Sep, 2000
Under the arches of this Twelfth-Century
caravanserai where ancient travelers
stopped to eat and sleep and let their
animals rest, the Whirling Der-vishes
perform sema, their ritual dance. They
whirl in a state of ecstatic meditation
accompa-nied by haunting music played
on ancient instruments. Once the
performance ends, they return to their
monastery in Konya.

“A Cave with a View”
Zelve, Turkey Sep, 2000
Caves and cliff dwellings abound
amid giant rock for-mations. You
can see a cliff dweller’s house in
the distance from this cave at the
open air museum in Zelve. Cliff
dwelling began here in the Sixth
Century and continued until the
mid-Twentieth Century, when the
homes were
abandoned.

“Parthenon During Light Show”
Athens, Greece Sep, 2000
I shot this photo from an outdoor
restaurant with a view of the Parthenon.
The fill flash lit the nearby tree branches,
balancing the red glow of the Parthenon
during the sound and light show.

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