water seller, Marrakesh, 1988

San Francisco Theater Festival, 2007.

I wonder what she is carrying…..

Kyoto, Maiko

Norway, 2008.

In the wake of two NYC rare events (earthquake and hurricane) it got me thinking about “Disaster Carrying”. At every stage from preparing with supplies to emergency rescues, your ability to carry can becomes a life or death situation.

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A female flood victim carries relief supplies, distributed by the Army, through muddy waters while holding her son in Nowshera, located in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 2, 2010.

Little arms carrying big things.

In Good Hands, 1912

Tradition.

When “Carrying” becomes a symbol.

San Fran Transport. Thanks Emile