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Faces from Places
Over the years I have been travelling to many places on our beautiful globe. This book
contains a selection of 72 photos of Faces from Places. There is no particular idea of project
behind this publication, other than the desire to bring together the people of the world who
were caught by my lens.
The style of photography is casual. Several pictures are portraits. I do not ask persons to
model, but sometimes they do as soon as they see my camera. Sometimes I catch persons
unnoticed. These shots I like best, as they are natural.
The selection of photos stems from several countries: China, Ghana, Greece, Honduras,
India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, South-Korea, Spain, Thailand, Vietnam. I took them
between 1984 and 2017. The quality varies. In the nineties I used celluloid film rolls for my
Minolta and Canon cameras. I had these scanned to a digital format Since roughly 2002 I
have been using digital cameras made by Canon. These were never high-end cameras
though.
In the mentioned countries I traveled as a tourist or I was there for reasons of work, like
visiting a conference. Most photos are actually snapshots on the occasion when I was
passing by.
Peter Oeij
Peter Oeij is by profession a scientific researcher spending much of his freetime as an amateur
photographer. During his travels he caught many colourful persons with his lens. ‘Faces from places’ is
meant to share a selection of his pictures with others who are eager to see who crossed his path in
America, Asia, Africa and Europe.
Front cover photo: my ricksha driver in Jaipur, India (2001); back cover photo: Hmong girls, Sapa, Vietnam
(1998)
© 2021, Peter Oeij, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, www.peteroeij.com

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Newspaper reader, Kochi, south of India (2007)

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Dancer, Kraton (palace), Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia (1992)

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Cigar smoker, Havanna, Cuba (2005)

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Guardians of the City Palace, Jaipur, India (2001)

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Pig sheperd in the village of Wase, Dali (Er-Hai lake area), China
(1999)

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Tawangmangu, Surakarta, Java, Indonesia (2003)

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Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, Trichy, south of India (2007)

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Masai, Ngorongoro crater area, Tanzania (2012)

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Women of Pushkar, India (2001)

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On the road to Bikaner, between Ramgarh and Fatehpur,
Rajasthan, India (2001)

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Muslim man in Xi'an, China (1999)

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Villager, Xizhou, Dali, Yunnan, China (1999)

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Fisherman, Kochi (Cochin), south of India (2007)

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Newspaper seller, Havanna, Cuba (2005)

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Visitor of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India (2001)

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Underway, Badami, Karnataka, south of India (2007)

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Temple visitor, Virupaksha temple, Pattadkal, Hampi, south of
India (2007)

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Naxi-woman, Baisha village, Lijiang, Yunnan, China (1999)

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Puebla, Mexico (2000)

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Bukittinggi, Sumatra, Indonesia (2003)

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Bishnoi-woman, Jodphur area, India (2001)

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Lahu woman, Chiang Rai area, Northern Thailand (1997)

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Legong dancer, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (2003)

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Kecak dance, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (2004)

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Sillustani, Puno, Titicaca Lake, Peru (2002)

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Sadhu, Varanasi, India (2001)

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Market seller, Luxor souk, Egypt (2006)

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Villagers, Badami, Karnataka, south of India (2007)

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Salt labourers, Pondicherry area, south of India (2007)

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Market, Upper Regions, Ghana (2014)

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Masai village, Lake Manyara area, Tanzania (2012)

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Temple guide, Kom Ombo temple, Egypt (2006)

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Pineapple seller, Gili Meno (close to Lombok), Indonesia (2004)

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Village Liugong, Li River valley, Guilin, Yangshou, China (1999)

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Man at a wedding of the Cham people, Phan Tiet, Vietnam
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Tea picker, Ooty, south of India (2007)

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Naxos, Greece (1984)

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Honduras, not far from the border, on the road to the Copan ruins (2000)

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Sadhu, Galta valley, Jaipur, India (1996)

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Along the Nile river, Egypt (2006)

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Woman in Phung Hung 'old house', Hoi An, Vietnam (1998)

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Reaping the rice harvest, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia (2010)

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Kathakali dancer, Kochi, south of India (2007)

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Underway, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba (2005)

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Musician, Amarsagar temples of the Jain people. Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
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Penang beach resort, Saudi Arabic tourists, Malaysia (2009)

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Market Tiruchirappalli, Trichy, south of India (2007)

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Funeral ceremony, Mas, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (1994)

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Seville spring fair, Sevilla, Spain (2017)

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Trader, buffalo cattle market, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia (2010)

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Mask dancer, Andong, South-Korea (2016)

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Camel driver, Mehrangarh fort, Jodhpur, India (2001)

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Tetebatu, Lombok, Indonesia (2004)

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Fruit seller, south of India (2007)

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Porter at a market, south of India (2007)

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Artisan in silversmithing, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia (1992)

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Boatsman, Nile river between Aswan and Luxor, Egypt (2006)

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Bycicle man, Mamallapuram, south of India (2007)

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Matsamo dancer, Mbabane, Swaziland, South-Africa (2006)

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Land labourer, Pondicherry, south of India (2007)

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Cattle trader, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia (2010)

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Dressed for the ceremony, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (2003)

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Pig herder, Badami, Karnataka, south of India (2007)

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Brihadiswhara temple, Thanjavur, Tanjore, south of India (2007)

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Andalusia, Spain (1991)

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Women of the Sacred Valley, Pisaq, Cusco, Peru (2002)

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Vegetable seller, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (2005)

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Naxi-man, Baisha village, Lijiang, Yunnan, China (1999)

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On the road to Bikaner, between Ramgarh and Fatehpur, Rajasthan,
India (2001)

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Farmer boy on a buffalo, Sapa area, north of Vietnam (1998)

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Guard of the Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South-Korea (2016)

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Colofon
Faces from Places
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Peter Oeij, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
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First edition, April 2021