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  • Jimi Hendrix playing his electric guitar and singing right after dawn at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on August 18, 1969.
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  • Jimi Hendrix playing part of the Star Spangled Banner on his electric guitar with his tongue after dawn at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on August 18, 1969.
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  • Penderecki String Quartet (from Poland) taking a bow after playing Leos Janacek's String Quartet No. 1, in the Napa Valley Opera House, Napa, California. The performance is one of many during the season of the Chamber Music in the Napa Valley organization (www.chambermujsicnaps.org). The 500-seat theater was built in 1880 and restored and reopened in 2003.
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  • A mariachi group waits for paying customers in a Tlaquepaque bar in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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  • Sha-Na-Na playing at dawn at the at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on August 18, 1969.
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  • Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner on his electric guitar after dawn at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on August 18, 1969..
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  • Woodstock Rock Festival fans waiting in the rain for the next act to play at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on the weekend of August 16-18, 1969..
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  • Rock Festival fans facing the stage listening to Jimi Hendrix play at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on the weekend of August 16-18, 1969.
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  • At dawn after the night of the burn, dancers still move to techno music in the Black Rock Desert at Burning Man. Burning Man is a performance art festival known for art, drugs and sex. It takes place annually in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada, USA. Dawn after the burning of the giant man, dancing to Techno music.
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  • Irrigation: Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico. Halophyte SOS-7. First Harvest Party. Grain irrigated with salt water. A halophyte is a  plant capable of living under salty conditions (University of Arizona project in conjunction with Biosphere 2.). USA.
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  • Base Camp at Redwood Summer, a conglomeration of environmental activists who camped out near Willow Creek, California, USA, to protest excessive logging during the summer of 1990.
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  • A band member with his tuba reflected in his sunglasses while waiting for Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari during a  trip to the Yucatan, Mexico.
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  • Beer garden trumpet player. Prague, Czech Republic.
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  • Prague, Czech Republic. Charles Bridge accordionist plays for pedestrians.
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  • Street performer and children in the old town. Prague, Czech Republic.
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  • Bjorn Thoroddson of the Thoroddson family, playing piano in his home in Hafnarfjordur, near Reykjavik, Iceland. The Thoroddsons were originally photographed in 1993 for the book Material World, but are seen here in 2004 on a revisit. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Men play accordions on a street for donations in Riga, the capital of Latvia.
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  • Lodz, Poland main street. (Piotrkowska St.) Bronze statue of Arthur Rubenstein playing his piano.
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  • Ansis Sauka, a voice teacher, musician, and composer, with his typical day's worth of food while rehearsing the Riga youth choir Kamer in Riga, Latvia. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food on a day in the month of October was 3900 kcals. He is 36 years of age; 6 feet, 0,5 inches tall;  and 183 pounds. Riga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the oldest continuously running market in Europe, is known throughout Europe for its choral traditions. It proudly hosts the nationwide Latvian Song and Dance Festival every five years. In 2008 more than 38,000 singers, dancers, and musicians participated in the weeklong event. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Ansis Sauka, a voice teacher, musician, and composer in Riga, Latvia. (Ansis Sauka is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Riga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the oldest continuously running market in Europe, is known throughout Europe for its choral traditions. It proudly hosts the nationwide Latvian Song and Dance Festival every five years. In 2008 more than 38,000 singers, dancers, and musicians participated in the weeklong event. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Krakow, Poland musicians in old town square playing for money.
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  • Birthday celebrant has her photograph taken with her family at an Ogimi Village area nursing home in Okinawa, Japan. Most of the community has turned out to honor the birthdays of three residents. (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates. 88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats).
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  • Matsu Zakimi (with purple eyeshadow applied by her great-granddaughter) during the celebration for her 97th birthday,at a nursing home near Ogimi Village. Most of the community has turned out to honor the birthdays of three residents. (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates; 88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts washed down with beer and saki. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats).
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  • A family of musicians performing for tips in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Matsu Zakimi (with purple eyeshadow applied by her great-granddaughter) during the celebration for her 97th birthday,at a nursing home near Ogimi Village. Most of the community has turned out to honor the birthdays of three residents. (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates. 88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts washed down with beer and saki. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats).
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  • A great granddaughter speaks with her great grandmother Matsu Zakimi, 97, during her birthday celebration at a nursing home near Ogimi Village. Shortly thereafter the young woman applies purple eyeshadow to the woman's eyelids before official birthday photographs. Most of the community has turned out to honor the birthdays of three residents, (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates?88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts washed down with beer and saki. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • At a nursing home near Ogimi Village, most of the community turns out to honor the birthdays of three residents, including Matsu Zakimi (left), turning 97, and Sumi Matsumoto (right), turning 88. (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates. 88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well-wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 195).
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  • At a nursing home near Ogimi Village, most of the community turns out to honor the birthdays of three residents, including Matsu Zakimi (left), turning 97, and Sumi Matsumoto (right), turning 88. (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates?88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well-wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 195).
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  • Madru Choudhary, is the chief custodian of the Harishchandra ghat in Varanasi, India. He was 45 at the time the photo was taken and his family has been "in the business" for generations. Harishchandra is the smaller of the two ghats used for the cremation of thousands of Hindus each year. They are of the Dom caste which historically has included traders, weavers, scavengers, and musicians.  (His first name can also be spelled Matru. His last name is also spelled Chaudary, or Chaudhery).Varanasi, India.
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  • The Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Latvia's capital city Riga, with Riga's Old Town and the Daugava River in the distance. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)   Riga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has the oldest continuously running market in Europe, and is known throughout Europe for its choral traditions. It proudly hosts the nationwide Latvian Song and Dance Festival every five years. In 2008 more than 38,000 singers, dancers, and musicians participated in the weeklong event.
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  • Birthday celebrant has her photograph taken with her family at an Ogimi Village area nursing home in Okinawa, Japan. Most of the community has turned out to honor the birthdays of three residents. (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates. 88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats).
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  • Birthday celebrant at an Ogimi Village area nursing home in Okinawa, Japan. Most of the community has turned out to honor the birthdays of three residents. (These are traditional Japanese birthdays, not the actual birth dates. 88, for example is celebrated on the eighth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.) Musicians, dancers, and comedians perform as well wishers cheerfully gorge on sushi, fruits, and desserts. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats).
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  • The Kamer Latvian youth choir practices in Riga, Latvia. The choir is instructed by Ansis Sauka, a voice teacher, musician and composer. (Ansis Sauka is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • New Life church, Silicon Valley, California; Larry Wall, author of the computer language "Pearl" and musician, at the New Life Church in Cupertino, California, plays the electric organ during a service. Wall references the music via his laptop computer, which accesses the Internet over a wireless modem. He also has the bible on his laptop. Model Released (1998).
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Peter Menzel Photography

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