Uploads from Yvon from Ottawa, tagged woman, with geodata

Moire Wadleigh at the Princess Sodalite Mine, Bancroft, Ontario in 1979

nobody@flickr.com (Yvon from Ottawa) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:50:25 -0700

Sodalite is the deep blue mineral in these rocks. It is quite rare, used mainly as an ornamental stone and in jewellery. This locality in Bancroft produces some of the finest specimens of sodalite in the world.

But it is this young lady, seen here and in other pictures of this set, that I want to introduce. Her name is Moire Wadleigh; she was 21 years old and an undergraduate geology student at Carleton University in Ottawa when this picture was taken in June of 1979. Moire was my assistant during that summer. And what a great assistant she was; hard working, meticulous, enthusiastic, full of life and with a great sense of humour.

One day she asked me what I thought could be a good career path for her. In the late 1970's, the word "environment" was just becoming fashionable as a subject that mankind should be concerned about and I suggested that Environmental Geochemistry could provide her with an interesting and challenging future. She went on to do a Masters in environmental geochemistry at the University of Ottawa and a Ph.D. at McMaster University in Hamilton, specializing in stable isotopes, and continued her career as a professor of Environmental Sciences at Memorial University in St. John's Newfoundland. She was well underway to becoming a brilliant star in her field when it all came to a premature end with her untimely death in November 2004, the sad outcome of a lengthy illness. She was 47. I was profoundly distessed by this loss of a dear friend and former colleague. To her memory, I would like to dedicate this set of photographs.

Inuit lady, Cape Dorset, Nunavut

nobody@flickr.com (Yvon from Ottawa) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:36:45 -0700

Yvon from Ottawa posted a photo:

This young lady agreed to have her picture taken. Not only was she pretty, but she was also wearing the traditional garment worn by women in the Eastern Arctic called amauti. The combination made for a nice picture I thought.

Photo taken in June 1975 with an SLR camera on Kodachrome film and scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 slide scanner.

Fishing on Frobisher Bay

nobody@flickr.com (Yvon from Ottawa) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:09:53 -0700

Yvon from Ottawa posted a photo:

An Inuit woman is ice fishing on Frobisher Bay while her friend is watching; near Iqaluit, Baffin Island.

Photo taken in June 1975 with an SLR camera on Kodachrome film and scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 slide scanner.

Woman conversing with iguana, Ralli Museum, Punta del Este

nobody@flickr.com (Yvon from Ottawa) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:18:02 -0800

Yvon from Ottawa posted a photo:

That is the title of this sculpture: Mujer dialogando con iguana. Note that there is what appears to be an iguana on the table. But she seems to be interested in the guy and not so much in the iguana. Strange title, likely given by the artist, Mexican sculptor Mario Aguirre Rao.

Nice smile!

nobody@flickr.com (Yvon from Ottawa) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:44:51 -0700

Yvon from Ottawa posted a photo:

This lady passenger on the boat that took us across the river back to Luxor gave me a nice smile as I snapped her photo. Although it is not mandatory – unlike in Saudi Arabia and Iran – she is wearing a hijab like most women do in Egypt. Unlike the niqab or the burka, the hijab does not cover the woman's face or her hands and does not restrict her in her activities. Women wearing the niqab or the burka are not a common sight on the streets of Egypt although the popularity of these garments has been on the rise in recent years along with a perceived increase in Islamic fundamentalism. The threat of such an increase in Islamic fundamentalism has led some schools and universities in Egypt to declare an outright ban on the use of the niqab and the burka on their campuses. This decision, as expected, led to a highly divided public reaction that has prompted a heated debate, which still rages on. Sounds familiar?