The Bikini Project

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A More Peaceful and Accepting World

The attitudes we convey are important in creating a more peaceful and accepting world. I believe most people have good intentions towards others. I want to carry this attitude forward as I live each day, meet new people and greet others. My neighbors’ attitudes towards

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The Origins of Racism

Hundreds and Thousands of people of all races have gathered to say, “Enough is Enough” and “Black Lives Matter.” They speak up, they protest, they challenge the status quo and they ask for change following George Floyd’s murder by a white police office. The change

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Healing the Affects of Trauma: Uganda and the United States

In 2007, I participated in an International Trauma Studies Program co-sponsored by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization of Uganda. The focus of the program was on psychosocial and mental health interventions in countries affected by war, violence

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Rural New Mexico

Rural Life in Northern New Mexico

I have loved New Mexico from the first time I saw her in 1965. The spell she cast was life changing, and in 1975 I moved to New Mexico with my two young sons. I was seduced by the smell of piñon burning in corner

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Native American

The Enduring Traditions Exhibit

The opening reception for the Enduring Traditions exhibit at the Bond House in Espanola took place on November 15, 2019. The reception was well attended, and the feedback was positive. The exhibit was extensively covered in the Art section of the Rio Grande Sun on

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Anglo

Nostalgia for the Wild West

I sat in the saloon of the late 1800’s historic St. James Hotel in Cimarron, New Mexico. This was, and is, cowboy country where the “Wildest of the West” hooted it up. My image was reflected back to me from the large mirror behind the bar.

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My Lifelong Interest in Diversity

My Lifelong Interest in Diversity I have been interested in cultural diversity most of my life. When I was four years old, my cousin Glenn gave me an Eskimo doll from the Aleutian Islands where he was stationed during World War II. This little doll

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My First Camera

My father was a photographer, and I grew up in the darkroom where as a young child I imaged magic occurred under amber light, in trays of strange smelling potions on paper dabbed with tongs until images appeared. My father gave me my first camera

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Photo Essays

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Jane Whitmore

The Origins of Racism

Hundreds and Thousands of people of all races have gathered to say, “Enough is Enough” and “Black Lives Matter.” They speak up, they protest, they

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About
Jane Whitmore

My First Camera

My father was a photographer, and I grew up in the darkroom where as a young child I imaged magic occurred under amber light, in

Read More »