Margery H. Freeman
In 1943, at the age of 12, I bought my first camera from my parents. I really wanted a camera although I knew I couldn’t use it until after World War II was over because 35 mm slide film was not available to civilians. After the war I could get film, and my family traveled from Pennsylvania through the West for a number of summers. I used several different kinds of 35 mm film: Burke, Ansco, Kodak, and others. Only the Kodak held up well and all those taken in the late 1940s with Kodak film are as good today as when they were taken. All the others had to be thrown away after just a few years. Most of the pictures I took were in National Parks and most were landscapes, since the parks were quite empty. I lost this camera at Niagara Falls during my honeymoon.
For years with my young growing family I settled for snapshots. We raised our children in Seattle, Washington and Berkeley, California. My mother had become an excellent amateur photographer using slide film. She gave me her manual Nikon when she upgraded to a through the lens light-metered camera. Most of my pictures are taken with a manuel Nikon of one kind or another.
It is obvious from my pictures that I am most interested in people and their cultures and take pictures that intrigue me about the diversity of people and what they do.
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- Balinese girl performing welcome dance in green and gold costume holds fan

- An older Balinese girl performing a welcome dance in a green and gold costume holds her unfolded fan extended in her right hand. Her left hand is forward and bent back at the wrist. The dancer's eyes stare stright forward.
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- Balinese girl wearing floral crown headdress

- This tourism advertising image shows a young Balinese girl wearing an elaborate floral crown headdress. Such crowns are characteristic of Balinese classical dance costumes. The girl's portrait is shown on a black circle within a purple background, and the...
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- Balinese landscape and farmwork painting

- This Balinese painting from the village of Ubud shows traditional themes of rice farmers in a lush tropical landscape. In a terraced vista of blue ponds and light green plants, three men work the land as a bare-breasted young woman passes by carrying a basket...
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- Balinese leaf and flower offering basket on the ground

- Seen from above, a small, square offering basket contains red blossoms and shredded leaves. Several times each day, members of most Balinese families set out leaf and flower offering baskets on the ground near their homes and places of work. Most of these...
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- Balinese man hoeing terraced wet-rice field

- In the center foreground of this lush scene, a Balinese man is hoeing a wet-rice field terrace level in preparation for its next round of planting. Some terraced fields at heights above and below the farmer are flooded with water, but the man is turning dark...
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- Balinese man holding turtle catch for display on beach

- An Balinese man standing on the beach beside a wooden fishing boat holds up a turtle he has just caught. The smiling man wears a green cap, blue jacket, shorts, and a black and white shoulder bag. Like fish, turtles are highly appreciated as protein-rich food...
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- Balinese man lets irrigation water into rice field as he begins to prepare soil

- A Balinese man lets irrigation water into his rice field from the flooded terrace above as he begins to prepare soil with a hoe at the lower level for transplanting seedlings. He works barefoot, deep in the mud, wearing shorts and a straw hat. A house, trees,...
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- Balinese man walks with cow on path through wet-rice fields

- A Balinese man wearing shorts, T-shirt, and hat walks with a brown cow on path through wet-rice fields. Coconuts and other palm trees grow in the background. In the early morning, farmers lead their cows to grazing fields before they begin other work.
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- Balinese masked dancer costumed as Sugriva the red monkey king

- A Balinese masked dancer is costumed as Sugriva, the red monkey king character from the Ramayana. Seen from the waist up, the male dancer wears a red knit shirt, elaborate sequined collar, gold crown, and a fanged wooden mask running from his nose down to...
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- Balinese masked dancer performs character of old man

- A Balinese masked dancer performs the character of an old man. The dancer's mask is carved of wood and painted with with large round eyes and a moustache. The dancer wears an elaborate red and gold cape over a white tunic. Masked dances have existed for over...
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- Balinese men climb bamboo scaffolds to build brick house

- Two Balinese men climb bamboo scaffolds to build a brick house. Many contemporary houses in Bali are built of bricks with or without stucco.
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- Balinese painting of Hanuman courting Ravana's mermaid daughter

- A red-toned modern Balinese painting depicts Hanuman courting Ravana's mermaid daughter. Swooping above moonlit waves and an open-mouthed fish in the sea, Hanuman carries the beautiful mermaid in his outstretched arms. Hanuman's and the mermaid's faces are...
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- Balinese priest in white clothes blesses dancers before performance

- A Balinese priest in white clothes and headscarf stands in the center and disperses holy water from a glass to bless dancers seated in a circle before their night-time performance. The male dancers, dressed identically in black and white checked waistcloths,...
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- Balinese priest in white clothes sprinkles holy water on kneeling women

- A standing Balinese priest wearing white clothes and holding a silver bowl sprinkles holy water on kneeling women who hold out their cupped hands to receive the blessing. The women, who are formally dressed in long colorful sarong and sashes, many wearing...
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- Balinese priest wearing black headdress and beads performs mantra

- A Balinese priest wearing a black headdress and beads sits and performs a mantra, or meditative prayer using small hand gestures. At this Odalan temple festival, the priest will bless offerings and perform rites to symbolically purify the temple community....
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- Balinese rice terraces, thatched roof, and red flowers

- A scenic landscape view shows panted Balinese rice terraces with a thatched roof and red flowers in the foreground. The terraces visible here are narrow and long, stepping gradually up the side of what was a natural hillside many centuries ago. Balinese wet-rice...
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- Balinese school children play soccer before classes

- Nine Balinese school children in yellow T-shirts and green shorts play soccer before classes. Indonesian children begin school early, by 7 am. Exercise classes are scheduled near dawn before the tropical sunlight becomes too intense.
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- Balinese school children stand together in their red and white uniforms

- Balinese school children stand together in a dense crowd wearing their red and white uniforms. Throughout Indonesia, elementary students are required to wear white shirts and red shorts or skirts. A red, or red and white, baseball cap completes the outfit.
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- Balinese temple roof shows multi-tiered thatch construction

- A Balinese temple roof shows their characteristic multi-tiered thatch construction. Coconut palm trees frame the background to the temple roofs. Most Balinese families belong to several different temples, which are associated with villages, sub-village neighborhoods,...
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- Balinese weathervane and windchime posted on pole

- A Balinese weathervane and windchime is posted high in the air on a bamboo pole. A front propeller catches the wind and turns attached flaps of bamboo to create tinkling sounds. A shadow puppet character waving his arms is mounted on the back of this noisemaker....
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