Encounters with Extraordinary Beings

School dance and choir competition

Emilio Sacon Roje, deaf man, wearing a traditional "mambisa" hat, worn by revoltionary Cubans at the tail end of the 19th century.

A 104 year old man that climbed a steep hill to meet and greet the visiting French artist.

My grandmother at 86.

Incomplete tattoo seen during a Marijuana Day action on Mardjanishvili Square by Levan Skhirtladze, Republic of Georgia

After coaxing the gentleman into talking about the town's most famous citizen, he pulled out a portrait of Josezf Stalin and claimed life had all but gone downhill since his demise. We drank a toast to the dictator to his shout of Long live Stalinism!

Met along the train tracks going back to Antananarivo.

Shepherd near Howraman Takht, Kurdistan

Brothers Mohamed Hassan(l.) and Allah Uli(r.), both over 95, Iran.

1010 years old on paper but probably around 120. Has 6 children, 29 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren.