Italy, Apulia. Alberobello, some local products like olive oil and ceramic bottles.

Singapore, Chinatown. Detail of typical textile round wool hanging ball souvenirs.

Capella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe,

La Martorana Church, Palermo, Sicily, Italy,

India, Jammu and Kashmir state, Himalayas, Ladakh, Indus valley, Matho monastery (gompa), central detail of the No. 77 piece of the collection, an eighteenth century thangka after restoration. He repr...

Burkina Faso, Centre region, Ouagadougou, downtown, batik

A woman sorting out the incense sticks drying in the sun, Hung Yen province, Vietnam

A Vietnamese woman mending blue fishing net, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

A Vietnamese woman mending blue fishing net, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Myanmar, Mandalay. A young lady painting paper umbrellas in a shop in Mandalay.

Colorful cloth, Cusco, Peru

Ancient Arab Islamic Designs. Blue Pottery, Madaba, Jordan

Young woman painting an umbrella in a shop in Bagan, Mandalay region, Myanmar

Traditional Burmese umbrellas made of cotton and bamboo, Bagan, Mandalay region, Myanmar

United States, Arizona, Window Rock, Festival Navajo Nation Fair, rodeo

Jordan, Nabataean archeological site of Petra, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, silhouette of a woman watching the façade of the Roman Soldier's Tomb, carved out of a sandstone rock face

China, Shanghai, rue Dongtai, flea market, Maoist propaganda objects in Chinese porcelain

Mongolia, Ovorkhangai province, Orkhon valley, Karakorum, the ancient capital of the dynasty of Genghis Khan, the monastery of Erdene Zuu

Vietnam, Mekong Delta, Making of incense sticks, incense sticks drying

South Africa, Gauteng Province, Johannesburg, Sandhurst, Saxon Hotel, local basketry wall

Morocco, Haut Atlas, Marrakesh, Imperial city, detail of woman turkish slippers and bougainvillea

India, Rajasthan state, Pali, the first town in India for dying textiles, drying and folding

Hand Made Texitiles For Sale, Saquisili Market, Saquisili, Ecuador, Coropaxi Province

Colossal Head of a Goddess, marble, from Smyrna (Izmir), Roman period, 2nd cent. AD, 90 cm, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Finland, Turku, European Capital of Culture 2011, Luostarinmaki handicrafts museum

Mexico, Guanajuato state. Ceramics on display in a shop on the road to Dolores Hildago.

Egypt. Egyptian hanidcrafts, hand painted papyrus hunting scene

Kenya. Mashua sailing boats with outriggers participating in a race off Lamu Island.

Kenya. Mashua sailing boats participating in a race off Lamu Island.

Traditional 'lace' embroidered tablecloths made by the local women on Nosy Komba Island. Northern MADAGASCAR

Myanmar, Burma, Namu-op. The detail of a beautiful silver pendant, known as Phè gho, worn by Akha women.

Myanmar, Burma, Kengtung. An Akha woman wearing traditional costume with a headdress of silver and beads.

Ethiopia, Harerge Province, Harar. An Harari girl in wedding attire. Unlike Muslims elsewhere, Harari women love bright clothes and are seen in public without face veils. The beautifully embroidered s...

A Swahili man in traditional attire blows the Siwa on the battlements of the Lamu Museum. This unique and hugely heavy ritual horn was used before the 19th century in Pate and Lamu Islands to herald r...

!Kung women sing and clap their hands to the rhythm of their menfolk. The !Kung are San hunter-gatherers, often referred to as Bushmen. They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having y...

An old !Kung man. The !Kung are San hunter-gatherers, often referred to as Bushmen. They differ in appearance from the rest of black Africa having yellowish skin and being lightly boned, lean and musc...

Spain, Andalusia, Sevilla, Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas, in Cartuja Park, Contemporary Art museum, CAAC (Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo), azulejos at the entrance

France, Drome (26), Drome provencale, Nyons, La Scourtinerie, the last scourtin factory in Provence, filters traditionally made of coconut fiber used in particular in the manufacture of artisanal oliv...

France, Drome (26), Drome provencale, Mirabel-aux-Baronnies, Le Vieux Moulin, harvest of olives in the autumn to collect the oil traditionally using granite millstones and braided scourtins (Provencal...

France, Occitanie, Aveyron, Najac, Maison Delmur, the baker Fabienne Delmur and the local specialty: fouace (a kind of brioche flavored with orange blossom water)

France, Occitanie, Gers, Boubaur Abbey, the sisters make cheese

France, Nouvelle-Aquitane, Charente-Maritime (17), île d'Oleron, Le Chateau-d'Oleron, port ostreicole du Pate, cabane ostreicole fleurie transformee en atelier de createur

France, Nouvelle-Aquitane, Charente-Maritime (17), île d'Oleron, Le Chateau-d'Oleron, port ostreicole du Pate, detail de poincon de faîtage sur une ancienne cabane ostreicole reconvertie en...

France, Nouvelle-Aquitane, Charente-Maritime (17), île d'Oleron, Le Chateau-d'Oleron, port ostreicole du Pate, gants de pecheur au sechage sur la porte d'une cabane ostreicole

France, Nouvelle-Aquitane, Charente-Maritime (17), île d'Oleron, Fleurs de tournesol a Dolus d'Oleron devant une ancienne cabane ostreicole reconvertie en atelier d'artiste et artisan

France, Ile-de-France, Hauts de Seine, Sevres, the Manufacture de Sevres, National ceramic museum, Le Salon d'Honneur, Neptune vase 1867, largest vase ever made in hard porcelain

France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines, castle of Rambouillet, The Negress carried in a hammock, a hanging of New India, author Desportes and Alexandre-Francois

France, Grand Est, Alsace, Bas Rhin, Alsace Wine Road, Orschwiller, Haut Koenigsbourg castle on the foothills of the Vosges and overlooking the plain of Alsace, Medieval castle of the 12th century, It...

France, Brittany, Finistere, Quimper, place St. Corentin square, medieval half-timbered house, Earthenware of Quimper HB Henriot store

Bridge with statues leading to Valdstejn castle on a misty day, Hruba Skala, Semily District, Liberec Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Craft museum at Gingst, Rugen, Germany

Monk statues at Myo Yar Pyae Pagoda at sunset, Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Monk statue at Myo Yar Pyae Pagoda at sunset, Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Small golden monk statue at Myo Yar Pyae Pagoda, Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Detail of Buddha statue, Hpo Win Daung Caves (AKA Phowintaung Caves), Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Sitting Buddha statues under mural inside Hpo Win Daung Caves (AKA Phowintaung Caves), Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Mural display inside Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung Standing Buddha, Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Garden of Thousand Buddhas, Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung, Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Elevated view of Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung Standing Buddha, Reclining Buddha and Aung Sekkya Pagoda, Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Elevated view of Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung Standing Buddha and Reclining Buddha, Monywa, Monywa Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Sculptures at Seven Mile Beach, Long Bay, Negril, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica

Sailboats at Sunset, Horsey Mere, Norfolk Broads National Park, Norfolk, England

Traditional hand made plates, Erice. Sicily, Italy

France, Yvelines (78), Montfort-l'Amaury, Groussay castle, interior of the Tartar tent wallpapered with Delft earthenware tiles

Hungary, Southern Transdanubia, Baranya County, Pecs, the Holy Trinity monument with the La Poste building in the background

Rwanda, Volcanoes National Park, young Rwandan woman in traditional dress, member of staff of Bisate Lodge, carrying a basketry

Morocco, Middle Atlas, Fez, Imperial City, Fez El Bali, medina listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Chouara, the tanners district, tanners souk

India, Rajasthan, Jaipur listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, old city, Bapu Bazar

Cuba, Pinar del Rio province, Vinales, Vinales valley, Vinales National Parc listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, home made cigars

Burkina Faso, Hauts-Bassins region, Bobo-Dioulasso, the old town, batik of the artist Sanon

Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa. Painted tree trunk at Chapunga Craft Village

A selection of Belgian beers, Belgium

Traditional Molas. San Blas islands, Comarca Guna Yala, Panama, Central America

Kuna woman in traditional clothes. San Blas islands, Comarca Guna Yala, Panama, Central America

France, Orne, Pays d'Auge, village of Camembert, the Héronnière Farm, AOC unpasteurized milk farm-made Camembert, ripening and refinement of the cheese

France, Rhone, Lyon, chocolaterie Bernachon, Philippe Bernachon

France, Rhone, Lyon, chocolaterie Bernachon, Philippe Bernachon

France, Finistere, Pays des Abers, flowered window in the hamlet of Meneham in Kerlouan

Portugal, Alentejo region, Santiago do Cacem on the hiking trail Rota Vicentina (historical Way GR 11), former train station covered with azulejos