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Category Archives: Travel
In the footsteps of humble African giants
When I lived, laughed and walked with some of the world’s best sculptors In 1993-1994, between our departure from old Europe and until we moved to Canada, my best friend and partner, Lindy Amato, and I spent a little over six … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography, Travel
Tagged 1st generation shona sculptors, 2nd generation shona sculptors, Bernard Matemera, Bernard Takawira, Brian Nyahongo, Brighton Mutongwizo, Chitungwiza, Derik Kaunze, Gladman Zinyeka, Harare, Jethro Zinyeka, Jetro Zinyeka, John Takawira, Jonathan Zinyeka, Kennedy Musekiwa, Lazarus Takawira, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Michel Botman Photography Toronto, Michel Botman Photography Toronto Fringe, Paul Hahlani, Richard Muzarurwi, Sam Chineka, Sam Chinyeka, Shona, Shona Art, Shona sculpures, Sony Samuel, Stewart Mutongwizo, Tago M. Tazvitya, Tailor N’Komo, Tamuka N'Janji, Tamuka NJanji, Thomas Zinyeka, Yemurai Chirooza, Zimbabwe
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Love in the Time of Corona
“The symptoms of love where the same as those of cholera” – El amor en los tiempos del cólera. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A photographic déambulation from Thailand to Cambodia and Vietnam in the early months of 2020.
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Battambang, Cambodia Photographs, Cambodia Photography, Documentary photography, Floating village, Ho Chi Minh City, Kampong Phluk floating village, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Phnom Penh, Saigon, SE Asia photographs, Siem Reap, South East Asia Photographs, South East Asia Photography, street photography, Thailand Photographs, Thailand Photography, Vietnam photographs, Vietnam Photography
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Herejes
Hommage à Leonardo Padura et mes amis Cubains … “… Il se trouvera toujours des illuminés disposés à s’approprier la vérité et à essayer de l’imposer aux autres …” (1)
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Casablanca Cuba, Cuba, Cuba photographs, Documentary photography, Havana, Havana photographs, La Havane, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Photos de Cuba, Social Photography, street photography
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The Panama Paupers
A collection of photographs taken in Panama in June and July 2019.
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Documentary photography, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Michel Botman Photography Toronto, Panama, Panama City, Panama photographs, Portobello Panama, Portobelo Panama, Social Photography
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Sesenta años de soledad
The Republic of Cuba was born following the ousting of the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in January 1959, a year of particular personal significance. Since then it has endured sixty years of diplomatic isolation under US embargo. Sixty years of … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Cienfuegos, Cuba, Cuba photographs, Documentary photography, Havana, Havana photographs, Havana pictures, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography Toronto, Photographie, Photographie documentaire, Photography, Photos de Cuba, Santa Clara, Soledad, street photography, Trinidad
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It’s my country …
A photographic bus ride throughout Ecuador I travelled through Ecuador with my friend Gary a few weeks ago. On the bus from Otavalo to Esmeralda, a young man was sitting alone on the bench right in front of us. In … Continue reading
Mandela
A few weeks ago, on the way to school, Jesse, one of the many bright kids in our carpool, and our son Noah were discussing Machiavellianism. Jesse made a particularly interesting and surprising comment on human nature and political systems.
Posted in Current Events, Family, Photography, Travel
Tagged Apartheid, Cape Town, District Six Museum, Mandela, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Nelson Mandela, Noah Botman, Robben Island, Robben Island Cape Town, South Africa
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“Arribada” – Rescuing Sea Turtles in Costa Rica
By Noah Botman In July 2013, I was fortunate to travel to Costa Rica with my family to experience the incredible biodiversity in one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Posted in Family, Noah Botman, Travel
Tagged Costa Rica, howler monkey, Michel Botman, Michel Botman photographe, Michel Botman Photographer, Michel Botman photographie, Michel Botman Photography, Monteverde, Nicoya Peninsula, Noah Botman, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, red-eyed frog, Rescuing sea turtles, Rio Verde, white-headed capuchin
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March of the Living – Israel
Posted in Family, Israel / Judaism, Noah Botman, Travel
Tagged Golan, Israel, Jerusalem, March of the Living, Massada, Noah Botman, Sfat, the march of the living, Yom HaAtzma’ut
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March of the Living – Poland
Posted in Family, Holocaust, Israel / Judaism, Noah Botman, Travel
Tagged anti-semitism, antisemitism, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Holocaust, March of the Living, MOL, Noah Botman, Poland, Warsaw ghetto, Yom HaShoah
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Diamonds from the sky
Going back to Zimbabwe, the land of so much love and so many dreams, after such a long absence, had filled us with both anticipation and enthusiasm as well as with some gut wrenching apprehension – not unlike going back … Continue reading
From Paradise to Persecution: Laura’s Story
The story of Laura Codron by Noah Botman, June 2010. There are few places on earth more beautiful than the island of Rhodes. This sacred island of the Greek god Helios is overflowing in ancient sights and bathed in glorious … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Israel / Judaism, Noah Botman, Travel
Tagged Claire Sonsol, Holocaust, Isidore Sonsol, Israel, Jews of Rodes, Jews of Rodos, Judaism, Ketty Amato, Ketty Codron, Laura Codron, Laura Codron Stockholm, Leon Codron, March of the living Poland, Maurice Codron, Meri Codron, Mousani Codron, Noah Botman, Noah Botman Israel, Noah Botman Rodes, Noah Botman Rodos, Noah Botman Yad Vashem, Perla Levi, Rivca Codron, Rodos, Yad Vashem
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