This boatman took me along the Ghats at Varanasi. I asked him about his long ear hair and he said he considers it to be a sign of luck and prosperity. Varanasi, India, 1996.

A young boy takes a nap. His father's knee provides a temporary support. Balochistan, Pakistan, 1980.

Villagers walk along a railway track as roads were blocked due to monsoon flooding. Bangladesh, 1983.

Groundskeeper at a private residence tends the lawn around a bronze sculpture of a sleeping man on a park bench. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 1991.

Next to Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy, 2024.

1st image: An umbrella craftsman walking to market. Bangladesh, 1983. 2nd image: Woman uses a straw umbrella to protect herself from the rain. Pokhara, Nepal, 1984.

Shalimar Bagh Mugal Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir, 1998.

A young girl in Java, Indonesia, stands in front of her home in waist-deep flood water covered with duckweed during the monsoon. Her neighborhood was flooded for 4 days. 1983.

1st image: A young Varanasi wrestler wearing a 54-kilo stone ring around his neck as part of his practice. India, 2010. 2nd image: Wrestler swings a wooden club at a wrestling gymnasium called an Akhada.

Novice monks Study at a monastery near Inle Lake, Myanmar, 2010.

Family returns home in the back of a taxi. Kunduz, Afghanistan, 2002.

Fisherman hastily pushes his boat beyond the incoming tide. Accra, Ghana, 2017.

Monsoon season in Mumbai can be a profound experience. The rain can be intense and unrelenting. Entire neighborhoods can be flooded but the residents cope and are often good-humored about the inconveniences. Mumbai, India.

The men of the Suri Tribe create enclosures called cattle camps. To protect themselves from insects, they cover their bodies with ash. Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2012.

Reflection of fisherman on Inle Lake, Myanmar (Burma), 2011.

Musicians perform during the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy.

Worker sleeping on pipes, Old Delhi, India, 2010

Bread Shop, Pul-i-Kumri, Afghanistan, 1992

A man walks down an alleyway in monsoon rains. Mumbai, India, 1993.