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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Japan_Jap_mw2_19_120_xs.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.366.x..Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, is betrothed by family arrangement to a boy living in a village 30 km from her home village of Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children, Marriage..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.323.x..Anil Yadav portrait. Son of Bachau and Mishri Yadav. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children..
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  • Cemetery on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium complex in Sarajevo, the site of the 1984 winter Olympics. A large portion of the athletic fields have become graveyards for the people killed during the siege of Sarajevo. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001.  ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
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  • Bhu.mw2.6.xs.A portrait of Namgay, 57, family patriarch of the Material World family, in Shingkhey, Bhutan. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001. The Costa family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Cub_mw2_1_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001. The Costa family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Cub_mw2_1_120_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of Lokman Demirovic (father of Arina and grandfather of Nadja); Nadja Bucolovic (10, daughter of Arina); and Arina Bucolovic (mother of Nadja and daughter of Lokman) in the living room of their Sarjevo apartment. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001. ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
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  • Truck accident. There is no room for mistakes on the winding narrow one lane "highway" that traverses the Himalayan country of Bhutan. It is used most frequently by large trucks hauling goods and people. The driver here was fortunate that the truck didn't plunge down the mountainside from this section of road between the airport town of Paro and the national capital Thimphu. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Well-worn and water damaged copy of Material World: A Global Family Portrait that was given (new) to Nalim and Namgay's family after it was published in 1994. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Photograph of Nalim and Namgay's family with one week's worth of food constructed for the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Khorloo Batsuuri uses her brother Batbileg's leg as a cushion on the sofa as she studies in the room they share with their parents Regzen Batsuuri (at right) and Oyuntsetseg Lhakamsuren (not in image). From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2001.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_35_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_33_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mal_mw2_1_120_xs.jpg
  • Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, and sisters Aarti and Seema pose for a portrait with their mother's sister, Soni, visiting from a nearby village, and another family friend. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait.
    IND_MWdrv04_379_x.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.355.x..Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, is betrothed by family arrangement to a boy living in a village 30 km from her home village of Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Children, Child, Marriage..
    IND_MWdrv04_355_x.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.327.x..Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, is betrothed by family arrangement to a boy living in a village 30 km from her home village of Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children, Marriage..
    IND_MWdrv04_327_x.jpg
  • Yadav family portrait in the courtyard of their home during revisit with the family, 2004. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children..
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  • Eulina Costa Allouis has turned the front room of her small apartment into a beauty parlor. Originally, she did the business on the roof of their home, out of sight from prying government eyes as no one was supposed to have a private business. Restrictions are less rigorous these days. Marianao district, Cuba. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001.
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  • Lokman Demirovic serves his daughter and granddaughter breakfast. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001. ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats}}.
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  • In his Sarajevo apartment, Lokman Demirovic demonstrates acupuncture technique on his granddaughter Nadja, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001.  ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
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  • Market in Wangdi Phodrang From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Nalim and Namgay's grandson, Geltshin, watches a wood worker cutting traditional shapes into a piece of wood for a new Bhutanese house. The carpenters, from another village, have set up camp and live at the work site while they do the woodwork for a new house in the village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Traditional three-story houses built of rammed earth dot the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and Namgay's neighbor is building a new house for his family directly in front of his old one. Carpenters from another village build the wooden structures such as doorways, rafters, windows, and lintels. Villagers from each family come to help pound the dirt into wooden forms day after day, creating the walls of the earthen house. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Namgay with his daughter Zekom, right, and his granddaughter Choeden and baby grandson Wangchuck in the kitchen of their home in Shingkhey, Bhutan. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_33_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mal_mw2_757_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_161_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_03_xs.jpg
  • Impromptu basketball game outside the apartment building in Sector 21 where Oyuntsetseg and Regzen Batsuuri live with their two children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
    Mon_mw2_41_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mal_mw2_757_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Japan_Jap_mw2_20_120_xs.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.395.x..Portrait of Seema Yadav, who wasn't yet born when the Yadav family Material World portrait was taken in 1994. .Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children..
    IND_MWdrv04_395_x.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.373.x..Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, is betrothed by family arrangement to a boy living in a village 30 km from her home village of Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children, Marriage..
    IND_MWdrv04_373_x.jpg
  • Yadav family portrait, including their extended family from the neighboring village where Mishri Yadav (in maroon) was born, in the courtyard of their home during a revisit with the family, 2004. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children. Work..
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  • Yadav family portrait in the courtyard of their home during revisit with the family, 2004. Nishadevi (called Guddi, in green); Seema (in pink); Anurag (called Guddu, in white); Anil, held by his mother, Mishri, Aarti, in blue, and their father Bachau Yadav. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children. Work..
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  • Iris Garcia Costa steals a nap after her fifteenth birthday photo shoot in various locations around Old Havana. The traditional 15th birthday coming-of-age party and whirlwind of activities for young girls is called a Quinceañera. The Costa's live in the Marianao district of Havana, Cuba.  From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001.
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  • Euripedes Costa watches television during a rare peaceful moment when his grandchildren are not running through the house or playing their music loudly. Marianao district of Havana, Cuba. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001.
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  • Ramon Costa and Sandra Raymond and their teenaged daughter, Lisandra, and 6-year-old son Favio eat dinner in the narrow 2-story makeshift apartment behind Ramon's father's house in the Marianao district of Havana. They are eating a dinner of rice and beans, French-fried malanga, salad, fresh orange juice, and bananas. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001.
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  • Arina Demirovic's first cigarette of her chain-smoking day. Smoking is quite prevalent in Sarajevo. Though "no smoking" signs abound, one can't see them through the smoke in most public places, Bosnia and Herzegovina. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001. ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
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  • The most esteemed sport in Bhutan is archery and is practiced by young and old. Nalim and Namgay's grandson Chato Geltshin practices the Bhutanese national pastime in his village of Shingkhey, Bhutan From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Traditional three-story houses built of rammed earth in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and Namgay's house is center, top. Their neighbor (to the right) is building a new house for his family directly in front of the old one. Carpenters from another village build the wooden structures such as doorways, rafters, windows, and lintels. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
    Bhu_mw2_2_xs.jpg
  • The caretaker of the Shingkhey village Buddhist temple blows a conch shell at the temple window at nightfall, a ritual to ward off evil spirits in the village. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_03_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_03_xs (1).jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_35_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Japan_Jap_mw2_20_120_xs.jpg
  • Oyuntsetseg (second from left) and Regzen Batsuuri (right) and their two children, Khorloo (17, left) and Batbileg (12, second from right) visit the neighborhood where they once lived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They hadn't been back there since they lost the property. [Although property in this case is a misnomer. They owned the structures, but were squatters on the land as is everyone in the settlement because ownership of private land is not allowed in Mongolia. Land belongs to the government --2001]. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • IND.MWdrv04.423.x..Seema Yadav, in pink, and her sister and brother?Aarti and Anurag (called Guddu) are dressed and ready for school in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children, Education..
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  • Lokman Demirovic portrait, Bosnia and Herzegovina. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001. ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
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  • Electricity comes to the Bhutanese village of Shingkhey in 2001. A district dignitary participates in the celebration of the coming of electricity to Shingkhey Village, Bhutan. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • Iris Garcia Costa and her mother Eulina Costa Allouis, compare their respective photos from their traditional 15th birthday parties; a special coming-of-age party for young women called a Quinceañera, or 15th Birthday.
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  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bos_mw2_18_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Demirovic Family.
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  • Electricity comes to the Bhutanese village of Shingkhey in 2001. There is an electricity usage meter mounted on the earthen wall of Nalim and Namgay's house in the village.
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  • Electricity comes to the Bhutanese village of Shingkhey in 2001. The view of Namgay and Nalim's house lit with electricity for the first time, Shingkhey, Bhutan. Now, even the cows have a nightlight.
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  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bos_mw2_18_xs.jpg
  • Electricity comes to the Bhutanese village of Shingkhey in 2001. Dancers help celebrate the coming of electricity to Shingkhey Village, Bhutan.
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  • Feeding pigeons at a downtown park in old Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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  • View of Trashi Chhoe Dzong in Bhutan's capital city of Thimphu. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. The Dzong?or fortress?is one of many in the country that historically provided sanctuary for the country's people during war and strife. Trashi Chhoe Dzong was rebuilt when the country capital was moved to Thimphu in the early 1960's. Architecture. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Trongsa Dzong in central Bhutan, originally built in 1644, is the seat of power for the future monarch, who begins his rise to power as the governor of the Trongsa district. The Dzong?or fortress?is one of many in the country that historically provided sanctuary for the country's people during war and strife. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Architecture. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Sayo Ukia (back to camera) shops for fruits and vegetables in the Kodaira City neighborhood, outside Tokyo, Japan, where she and her family live. Because Sayo Ukita buys her family's food from the nearby neighborhood markets situated around the train station (true for many residential areas in Tokyo) she usually shops daily; and by bicycle (the area is congested and there is little parking for cars). From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001.
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  • Raising the flag before school in the village of Kouakourou, Mali. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001.
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  • IND.MWdrv04.239.x..A young girl's feet with ankle bracelets. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children..
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  • Thoroddson family at home in Hafnarfjordur, near Reykjavik, Iceland in May of 2004. A revisit, after the family was profiled in Material World in 1993. Family is in same order as the family portrait in Material World taken outside their home in December 1993. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Gers and hand built homes without water or plumbing sprang up on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as more and more of Mongolia's rural population moved to the capital city to find work.  Russian style apartment buildings mark the edge of the established city, and the growing suburban ger settlements stretch into the surrounding hills. (Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. Oyuntsetseg Lhkamsuren, left, and her two children and niece, sit in the room they have rented from an 83-year-old Russian immigrant, to live in.
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  • Raising the flag before school in the village of Kouakourou, Mali. Children, Child, Africa. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001.
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  • Taking a smoke break on the balcony of the house are Daniela Ciolfi, wife of Fabio Pellegrini (and unseen, translator Jennifer Zaid of Philidelphia and Rome). Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • Taking a smoke break on the balcony of the house are Daniela Ciolfi, wife of Fabio Pellegrini and translator Jennifer Zaid of Philadelphia and Rome. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • Daniela Ciolfi and Fabio Pelligrini with their daughter, Caterina on the balcony of their home. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • A rider walks his bike along a lane within the walled town of Pienza, Italy. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • Italian cheese rounds in a shop, Pienza, Italy. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site. Taken during revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait.
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  • IND.MWdrv04.127.x..One of the Mishi's youngest children plays butterfly with a photographic reflector as her mother and extended family harvest wheat in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Work. Children, Child..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.099.x..Mishri Yadav harvests wheat in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her family must pay half of the harvest to the owner of the land that they farm. They grow one planting of wheat and then rice during the rest of the year. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Work..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.081.x..Bachau Yadav, 42, walks past cow dung patties drying in his village. They are used for cooking fuel. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. He and his family were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait..
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  • Gangte Goemba (Monastery) in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan. Young Buddhist monks practice reading holy scripts aloud in an entryway. The monastery dates back to the 1600's and includes one of the largest prayer halls in the tiny Himalayan country and a meditation center for monks. The government financed the building of a Buddhist college here in the 1980's. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Thordis Bjornssdottir of the Thoroddson family at home in Hafnarfjordur near Reykjavik, Iceland. Thordis is seen here on a revisit in 2004 after the Thoroddsons were originally photographed in 1993 for the book project Material World. MODEL RELEASED..
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  • Bjorn Thoroddson of the Thoroddson family, playing piano in his home in Hafnarfjordur, near Reykjavik, Iceland. The Thoroddsons were originally photographed in 1993 for the book Material World, but are seen here in 2004 on a revisit. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Russian-style apartment buildings in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia. Small shops ring the complex. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Gers and hand built homes without water or plumbing sprang up on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as more and more of Mongolia's rural population moved to the capital city to find work. (Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. Traditionally, the structures fit the lifestyle of the largely nomadic Mongols. As the population became more stationary, the ger continued to be used as animal skins and wool felt were, and are, easier to procure while more western style building materials were expensive and scarce.) From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Sheeps graze in Terelj National Park, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Land designations for parks are a very recent occurrence in the country. A ger is set up in the distance. Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Batbileg Batsuuri, 12, puzzles over a lesson in Russian language class, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001. .
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  • The Niger Riverbank in the village of Kouakourou fills with merchants and buyers each week on Saturday market day. Soumana Natomo, a grain trader (far back, at top, in blue) stands in front of his grain storage room. He and his two wives will haul grain out to sell. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project Natomo family in Mali, 2001.
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  • The chief of Kouakourou, Mali. Africa. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001.
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  • Red-gold sunset near the village of Kouakourou, Mali, Africa. This man has come from a neighboring village to the Saturday market on his motorbike. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001.
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  • Fabio Pellegrini in his office in the home he shares with his wife Daniela Ciolfi and their daughter Catarina. The home has been in Daniela's family for many generations. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • ITA.MWdrv05.169.xrw..Daniela Ciolfi shows a picture of her daughter Caterina as a young girl made by the photographer Catherine Karnow, who photographed the Pellegrini family for the book Women in the Material World (1995). Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were also Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site...
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  • Daniela Ciolfi and Fabio Pelligrini take a walk through their historic walled town of Pienza. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • Daniela Ciolfi and Fabio Pelligrini with their daughter, Caterina on the balcony of their home. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • View from the walled town of Pienza, Italy. {{Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • IND.MWdrv04.228.x..Mishri Yadav brushes her teeth in the courtyard of her family's home. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Health..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.164.x..Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio's translator and friend, Neha Diddee, compares the family in the Material World book 1994 Yadav family photograph to family members now. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.132.x..MIshri Yadav, 35, (in pink sari) her sister (in red) who has come from a neighboring village to help, and a friend walk to Mishri's home after harvesting wheat. They grow one planting of wheat and then rice during the rest of the year. Mishri's family must pay half of the harvest to the owner of the land that they farm. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Work..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.118.x..Mishri Yadav's sister, Sona (foreground), has come from her nearby village of Bhagwarpur to help harvest wheat with a friend and her sister Mishri (in pink) in Mishri's home village of Ahraura, Uttar Pradesh, India. Women often share harvesting tasks to make the work go faster. Mishri's family must pay half of the harvest to the owner of the land that they farm. They grow one planting of wheat and then rice during the rest of the year. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Work..
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  • Iris Garcia Costa poses for a portrait with her parents Montecristi Garcia and Eulina Costa at her fifteenth birthday party. The Quinceañera, is the traditional coming-of-age party for 15-year-old girls in Cuba, and other Spanish speaking countries. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001.
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  • Iris Garcia Costa is toasted during her Quinceañera, or 15th Birthday, by her friends and parents (Montecristi Garcia, center left, and Eulina Costa, center right. The Quinceañera is the traditional coming-of-age party for 15-year-old girls in Cuba, and other Spanish speaking countries. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001.
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  • Iris Garcia Costa poses for photographs at La Maison?a location often used in Cuba for a girls' Quinceañera, the traditional 15th birthday coming-of-age party. Revisit of Material World project 2001.
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