Alexandra Marvar | Writing & Photography

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THE U.S. CITY PREPARING FOR THE COLLAPSE OF CAPITALISM: A dispatch from Kingston, NY

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Castles built on sand in Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

A visit to Bhutan with a group of marathoners

Bhutan

"Red hair is a woman's game." -TOM ROBBINS

New York City

A one-room schoolhouse at the foot of Mount Ararat

Turkish Kurdistan

The closest island to the 2004 tsunami quake

Simeulue Island, Sumatra

The edge of the Amazon with 100 clowns

Iquitos, Peru

Teaching photography to kids in Cabarete

Dominican Republic

Following a roving American violinist in India

Mumbai to Santiniketan

B&W 35mm with a Downeast bloodworm digger

Cherryfield, Maine

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