ODYSSEY STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY SITE MAP
Welcome to Odyssey Photo, an on-line stock photography image library and
stock photo agency specializing in tourism and travel stock photographs and
editorial images. Our image library contains Major Collections of landscape
images, cities, lifestyles, festivals, architecture, agriculture and tourism
destinations in these primary locations: Spain, Latin America, Mexico, Guatemala
and Panama in Central America; and South America including Ecuador, Peru,
Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia. Additional locations featured
in our stock photography are: Chicago, New England and the Southwestern States
of the United States; Turkey, Italy, Portugal and Morocco, Ghana, Niageria,
Kenya, Senegal and South Africa in Africa and in Asia; India and Sri Lanka,
China, Tibet, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Australia and New Zealand.Plus
historic subjects like Egypt's Pyramids at Giza, Greek, Roman, Byzantine,
Moorish and Ottoman architecture and monuments and Islamic Cultures. Also
Pre-Columbian and Prehispanic architecture, archaeological sites and artifacts
of the: Aztec, Olmec, Maya and Inca civilizations. Plus stock photos of underwater,
marine life and coral reefs. These subjects are described in more detail below:
CHICAGO: An extensive collection
of stock photography and travel stock photo images of the:
- CHICAGO
SKYLINE: the Loop, North Michigan Avenue, Chicago River, Gold Coast
- CHICAGO
ARCHITECTURE: skyscrapers, monuments, landmarks, Sears Tower, etc.
- CHICAGO
LIFESTYLE: culture events, entertainment, nightlife, festivals, recreation
- CHICAGO
BUSINESS and Commerce: Chicago Board of Trade, shops, etc.
- CHICAGO
MUSEUMS: Art Institute of Chicago, Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, etc.
- CHICAGO
SPORTS: Cubs, Wrigley Field, White Sox baseball, marathon, volleyball
- CHICAGO
NEIGHBORHOODS: Wicker Park, Bucktown, China Town, Hyde Park
- CHICAGO
LAKE MICHIGAN: shoreline, beaches, fishing, sailing, parks, marinas
- CHICAGO
HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE: Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan
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CHICAGO SCULPTURE: the Picasso, Calder, Miro, DuBuffet, Henry Moore,
etc.
- CHICAGO
PARKS: Chicago's new Millennium Park also Grant Park, Lincoln Park,
Lakefront, Forest Preserve, etc.
- CHICAGO
ETHNIC GROUPS: Chinatown, Hispanic, Asian, Ukrainian, festivals
GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE stock
photography and travel stock photo images of:
- GREEK AND ROMAN GODS
and Deities: Zeus, Apollo, Poseidon, Diana, etc.
- GREEK ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES:
Acropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Delphi, etc.
- GREEK AND ROMAN TEMPLES:
Parthenon, Aphrodisias, Rome, Paestum, etc.
- ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES:
Rome, Ephesus, Pompeii, Constantinople
- ROMAN AQUEDUCTS
& BRIDGES: Segovia, Alcantara, Pont-du-Gard, etc.
- GREEK AND ROMAN ART:
bronzes, sculpture, cultural artifact, etc.
- GREEK AND ROMAN MOSAICS:
Conimbriga, Volubilis, Goreme, Cappadocia,
- GREEK AND ROMAN THEATERS:
Epidauros, Ephesus, Aspendos, Istanbul, etc.
- GREEK TOURISM:
Santorini, Thera, Athens, Cape Sounion, Delphi, Meteora, etc.
LANDSCAPE AND PANORAMIC stock photos and travel stock photography:
- AFRICA LANDSCAPES:
Morocco, Egypt, Sahara Desert, villages, Kenya, S. Africa
- ASIAN LANDSCAPES:
Rajasthan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Tibet,
- DESERT LANDSCAPE:
Sonoran Desert, Baja California, Mexico; Sahara, Great Thar Desert, India
- GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,
ECUADOR: volcanic islands, exotic wildlife; booby, iguana,
- LATIN AMERICAN
LANDSCAPES: Andes, Patagonia, Caribbean, Mexico,
- HISTORIC SITES:
Greek, Roman, Moorish, castles, Pre-Columbian and Pre-Hispanic archaeological
sites
- LANDSCAPES OF MEXICO:
Yucatan, Sierra Madre, Canyon de Cobre, Orizaba and Popocatepetl Volcano
- PANORAMIC LANDSCAPES:
Spain, Mexico, American Southwest, South America
- PATAGONIA:
landscapes in Argentina and Chile; Andes Mountains; Torres del Paine;
- RAINFOREST:
forest nature preserves in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Amazon
- SEACOASTS:
fishing villages, tourist beach resorts; Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Turkey
- SPAIN LANDSCAPE
Pyrenees, Meseta, Costa del Sol, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands
- U.S. LANDSCAPES:
New England, Midwest farms, agriculture; and Illinois; the American Southwest
- CANADA: Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario,
Quebec, Niagara Falls and St Lawrence Seaway
- U.S. SOUTHWEST:
landscapes in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Monument Valley
- MEXICO: Mexican landscapes, historic landmarks, Pre-Columbian
archaeological sites and Pre-Hispanic architecture; Mexican festivals and
lifestyle; Mexico City and Spanish colonial cities; also education, agriculture
and industry:
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- MEXICO AGRICULTURE, rural life, farms, harvesting and export crops: sugarcane,
corn, cocoa bean, banana plantations; Tequila, growing and harvesting
agave plants; Henequin plantations in Yucatan for hemp and sisal Cattle
ranching haciendas; sheep; wheat fields; traditional plowing, oxen teams
- MEXICO ART, MURALS,
MUSEUMS: and the Mexican Muralists, Mexico City Diego Rivera: Diego
Rivera’s studio and home with Frida Kahlo Juan O'Gorman, David
Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Climente Orozco, Rufino Tamayo, Mexico’s
Museums, Chapultepec Park and Palace; Contemporary Art Museum National
Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City with Pre-Columbian artifacts
- BAJA CALIFORNIA: the
Sonoran Desert; whale watching, Catavina Boulderfield, Parque Natural
del Desierto Central; Sierra San Francisco, Arroyo de San Pablo, Cueva
Pintada prehistoric rock paintings; Sea of Cortes; Cabo San Lucas
- MEXICO CITY:
historic architecture, monuments, landmarks: Zocalo Plaza; the Cathedral
and National Palace with Diego Rivera Murals Plaza of the Three Cultures
with Aztec pyramids and Spanish Colonial church Chapultepec Park and
Palace; National Museum of Anthropology, Aztec, Mayan National University
of Mexico or UNAM campus; education, students, teenagers Bellas Artes
Museum and Ballet Folklorico; Alameda; Reforma Boulevard, etc.
- MEXICO COLONIAL
CITIES and Architecture and Silver Mining Cities including: Guadalajara,
Morelia
and Patzcuaro; San
Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato; Zacatecas, Oaxaca,
Taxco and Cuernavaca;
Veracruz, Campeche and Merida in the Yucatan
- MEXICO FESTIVALS:
images of Fiestas in Mexico; craft markets, Day
of the Dead Festival or Dias de la Muerto in Patzcuaro; altars, cemeteries,
skull candy. Our Lady of Guadalupe Festival with Aztec dancers at
the Basilica of Guadalupe Radish Festival in Oaxaca and Christmas in
Mexico with posadas and pinatas Semana Santa, Holy Week processions
and penitents at Easter in Taxco and Seville; Cinco de Mayo and Mayan
Festival of Three Kings or Epiphany in Yucatan Carnaval and Running
of the Bulls in Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende; Fiesta de Enero
in Chiapa de Corso and Mayan Festival of San Sebastian, Chiapas
- MEXICO INDUSTRY:
Mexican commerce and business; tourism resorts: automobile manufacturing
plants and auto assembly lines; road building; natural resources including
silver and coal mines, oil wells, refineries, pipelines; The Bolsa or
Mexican Stock Market in Mexico City; professions, traders, offices
- MEXICO LANDSCAPES:
pictures and panoramics of: Deserts, waterfalls, rainforests, mountain
ranges, seacoast; archaeological
sites in the Yucatan Peninsula: Quintana Roo; Riviera
Maya, Costa Maya, Mayan Riviera, La Ruta Maya, Veracruz, Tabasco,
Chiapas, Oaxaca, Michoacan, Monarch Butterfly Preserve Sonora, Sierra
Madre Mountains, Canyon de Cobre; Basaseachic waterfall, etc. Sierra
Volcanica, Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl Volcano, Pico de Orizaba Volcano
- LIFESTYLE IN MEXICO:
including festivals, education, sports and arts and culture: Education
and students in Primary School, High School, University; teenagers
- MEXICO MARKETS:
travel images from Patzcuaro, Yucatan, Oaxaca: Indigenous Indian Markets,
Herbal and Magic Witches Market, Lake Catemaco; food
and cuisine of Mexico, mole.
- MEXICO MAYAN PREHISPANIC,
PRECOLUMBIAN SITES like Chichen-Itza,
Uxmal, Kabah, Labna, Sayil, Puuc Route, King Pacal from Palenque, Bonampak
murals, Yaxchilan, Edzna, Hochob, Kohunlich, Tulum, Coba, on the Riviera
Maya and Ix Chel on Cozumel Island on the Ruta Maya in the Yucatan.
- Mayan Indians, culture, villages, markets, lifestyle, Chiapas, Yucatan,
Mexico: Mayan craft markets, traditional textiles and dress in Mexico
and Guatemala Tzotzil Mayan festivals in Chiapa de Corso, Chamula and
Zinacantan, Chiapas
- MEXICO PREHISPANIC,
PRECOLUMBIAN CULTURES AND SITES:
- Temples, pyramids, ruins, roads, stelae, sculpture, glyphs, murals,
gold artifacts of the: Aztec, Olmec, Mayan, Zapotec and Mixtec,
Mesoamerican cultures;
- Teotihuacan; the Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon; jaguar
fresco; Tlaloc and Quetzalcoatl sculpture; Olmec jade figures, ceramics,
etc.
- Monte Alban and Mitla Zapotec and Mixtec sites, Oaxaca; Tula and
the Toltecs,
- El Tajin and Pyramid of the Niches, Ballcourt and Temples, in
Veracruz Giant Olmec Heads and pyramid, La Venta, Villahermosa Archaeological
Park
- Aztec Tenochtitlan: Great Pyramid in Zocalo, Mexico City, Xochimilco,
etc.
- Prehispanic, Precolumbian Artifacts from Museum of Anthropology,
Mexico City
- MEXICO TOURISM AND RESORTS
Cancun and Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Tulum on the Riviera Maya, Yucatan
Puerto Vallerta, Mazatlan, Acapulco, Guaymas on Mexico Pacific Coast
Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, whale watching on Laguna San Ignacio; Baja California
Tourists, beach resorts, scuba
diving, adventure travel, eco-tourism, hotels, etc
- COSTA
RICA: landscapes in Costa Rica with Nuboso Monteverde
Rainforest, Cloud Forests, Nature Reserves, National Parks; Volcan Arenal
and Irazu volcano etc.
- CUBA: the city of Havana
or La Habana, El Morro, Ernest Hemingway; Santiago de Cuba; Santeria
priests; rural life, Cuban
agriculture; tobacco, cigars
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
Santo Domingo and historic Spanish Colonial
architecture, landmarks, tourism sites and Christopher Columbus Colon tomb
- GUATEMALA: Pre-Columbian
Mayan site of Tikal and pyramids; tourism
to Antigua and Semana Santa, Easter, Holy Week processions; coffee
plantations; Lake Atitlan
- Central
America Lifestyles: traditional Caribbean and Latin
American culture, tourism destinations, agriculture and rural life, festivals,
students and education
- Central America
Markets: Latin American craft and produce markets in
Solola and Chichicastenango in Guatemala; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica, Panama,
Mexico
- Central America
Nature Reserves: cloud and rainforest, nature preserves
in Latin America like El Yunque in Puerto Rico and Nuboso Monteverde in
Costa Rica
- PANAMA: Spanish Colonial architecture in Panama City, new skylines;
the Panama Canal; the San Blas Islands, Cuna Indians and Molas; jungle landscapes,
etc.
- PUERTO RICO:
the skyline of Old San Juan and El Morro fortress; Ponce and Arecibo
radio telescope, Rio Camuy; Taino Indian culture; pineapples, sugarcane,
- Central America
and the Maya: indigenous Mayan Indian culture;
their festivals, traditional crafts and dress and villages in Yucatan, Chiapas
and Guatemala
SOUTH AMERICA stock photography and travel images of the ancient cultures and architecture
of South America; plus cities, landscapes, agriculture and lifestyle:
- ARGENTINA:
library of skylines, landmarks, monuments in Buenos Aires
like the Colon Theater; Casa Rosada; La Boca and San Telmo; Tango dancers
and clubs; Patagonia: Torres del Paine; landscapes; cattle, sheep and gauchos;
Iguazu Falls, Valdes
- BOLIVIA:
La Paz skyline; colonial architecture, Mercado de Hechiceria;
Tiahuanaco Pre-Columbian site; Quechua, Aymara Indian; Altiplano; Gran Poder
festival
- BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro skyline, beaches; Sao Paulo; Brazilia, Bahia,
- CHILE: skyline
of Santiago de Chile; banking and colonial areas; Valparaiso harbor; Vina
del Mar; Osorno Volcano and Lake District; Easter
Island, hiking; eco-tourists
- COLOMBIA:
the Bogota skyline; colonial architecture and Cathedral;
Gold Museum; Cartagena city walls and harbor; villages, rural life; agriculture,
markets
- ECUADOR:
the Quito skyline and colonial architecture; Cuenca; Inca site of Ingapirca;
landscapes and markets Galapagos Islands: Charles Darwin station; booby;
marine iguana, tourists, scuba diving Amazon Basin and Napo River; La Selva
jungle resort; rainforest; landscape, eco-tourism
- PERU: travel images including Lima and its landmarks:
Historic Plaza de Armas and Cathedral; Spanish colonial architecture and
Museo de Oro
- CUZCO;
Inca Sacsayhuaman; Coricancha Sun Temple; Inti Raymi and Corpus Christi
Archaeological Sites including the Chimu city of Chan Chan; Nazca Lines
and Paracas Textiles; Moche and Mochica culture and gold artifacts from
Lord of Sipan tomb
- MACHU
PICCHU and the Inca Trail; railroad to Cuzco and Sacred Valley of
the Incas Urubamba River; Quechua villages and markets of Pisac; Chinchero
and Ollantaytambo Peru Landscape: Andes Mountains, totora reed fishing
boats, Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca
- SOUTH AMERICAN
CITIES: Lima, Cuzco in Peru; La Paz, Bolivia; Quito, Ecuador; Buenos
Aires, Argenetina; Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia; Santiago and Valparaiso
in Chile.
- SOUTH AMERICAN
CULTURES: festivals, traditional rural life and urban lifestyles
- SOUTH AMERICAN
FESTIVALS: Corpus Christi and Inti Raymi, the Inca Sun Festival in Cuzco,
Peru; El Gran Poder in La Paz, Bolivia; folk dances and religious processions
etc.
- SOUTH AMERICAN
GAUCHOS: traditional life of the gaucho living on the pampas of Argentina
and Chile; cattle and sheep herding, Gaucho rodeo or doma, folk dances,
etc.
- SOUTH AMERICA
LANDSCAPES: volcanoes and Andes Mountains; Altiplano; eco-tourism
and adventure travel to Patagonia; Amazon River; Galapagos Islands; jungles,
cloud forests and rainforests
- SOUTH AMERICA
MARKETS: Quechua indigenous craft markets of Lima, Cuzco, Pisac and
Chinchero; Otavalo Indian market in Ecuador; traditional textiles, produce
markets, etc.
EUROPE
- FRANCE:
the landmarks and historic monuments of Paris: the Eiffel Tower and Notre
Dame Cathedral on the Ile de la Cite; Latin Quarter, St. Sulpice and Sorbonne
University; Pantheon and Louvre Museum: Rodin Museum; Sainte Chapelle; Luxembourg
Gardens; artist’s market on Montmartre and Monet’s home in Giverny
- GREAT BRITIAN: England and the London skyline: St
Paul Cathedral; Westminister Abbey; the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben;
the Thames River, London Bridge and Tower of London; Buckingham Palace,
St James Park, The British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum; Portobello
market and Trafalgar Square; Wellington Arch, Whitehall Palace and the Royal
Horse Guards.
- GREECE:
Greek historic sites in Greece and Turkey including the Parthenon on
the Acropolis and the Agora in Athens; the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion;
the Oracle of Delphi and the medieval monasteries at Meteora; and the Theater
of Epidaurus. Also Greek Hellenistic sites in Turkey like Troy, Knidos and
Xanthos
- ITALY: Italian cities and
landscapes; the Italy tourism destinations and historic landmarks, Italian
Culture and Lifestyle:
- ROME:
with The Roman Forum and Colosseum; tourist sites like Piazza Navona,
Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps; the Pantheon and Vatican City with
St Peters Basilica
- VENICE:
with St Mark Square and historic Venetian Palaces on the Grand Canal;
etc.
- FLORENCE
and Santa Maria Fiore, the Duomo; Arno River and Ponte Vecchio; Uffizi
Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum: and the Greek Doric temples
at Paestum
- AMALFI
COAST; Pompeii, Paestum; Sorrento, Positano, Priano and Ravello;
St Francis in Assisi, and the Italian
Riviera, Portofino and Cinque Terre.
PORTUGAL: An extensive library
of stock photography and travel stock photos including:
- AGE OF EXPLORATION:
Manueline architecture; Belem, Batalha; Prince Henry
the Navigator and his School of Navigation at Sagres on the Algarve
- LISBON: Torre de Belem; Jeronimos Monastery and Monument to the
Discoveries; the Praca do Comercio; the Baixa and Castelo de Sao Jorge;
Pombal
- PORTUGAL NATIONAL
MONUMENTS: Mafra, Sintra and Pena Palace; Batalha, Tomar; Alcobaca
and Bom Jesus Do Monte; the University of Coimbra and Goree Island
- ALGARVE COAST:
Sagres, Cabo de Sao Vicente; Lagos and
Portamao; also fishing villages of Carvoeiro and Ferragudo; tourist
beach resorts
- PORTO AND DOURO RIVER:
Oporto and Port Wine Lodges in Vila Nova de
Gaia; and landscapes with Port vineyards along the Douro River, etc
- LANDSCAPES OF
PORTUGAL: rural villages, windmills, medieval walled
cities and castles at Obidos and Evora; Nazare, Olha and Lagos on the
Algarve
- PORTUGUESE LIFESTYLE:
rural life in villages; traditional
fishing boats pulled by oxen; agriculture and harvesting olives; tourist
resorts
- PORTUGUESE STYLE:
Portuguese art, historic architecture, tiles, and mosaics
and sculpture seen at Lisbon, Belem, Sintra, Pena, Batalha, Tomar, Alcobaca
SPAIN: a very large collection
of stock photography and travel images of the Spanish landscape, Spanish city
skylines, architecture, landmarks and monuments; plus lifestyle and festivals.
- ALHAMBRA PALACE, GRANADA:
Moorish architecture in the Patio of the Lions; Gardens of the Alhambra
and Generalife or Moors Summer Palace; the Alcazaba fortress, etc.
- ANDALUSIA: the landscapes
in Andalucia and the Sierra Nevada: festivals and the Spanish Riding School
in Jerez de la Frontera; Moorish architecture
- BARCELONA: cafes on Las
Ramblas; architecture and landmarks in Barri Gotic or Gothic Barrio; lifestyle
in Catalunya or Catalonia; Juan Miro and Picasso Museum
- GAUDI ARCHITECTURE:
Antoni Gaudi Modernista Architecture; La Sagrada Famalia Cathedral; Casa
Mila or La Padrera; Casa Batllo; Casa Vicens; Guell Park; El Capricho
- MADRID & TOLEDO; landmarks
of Madrid; the Royal Palace, Prado Plaza Mayor; Toledo
city walls; Jewish synagogue; Alcazar; Tagus, El Greco home
- MOORISH ARCHITECTURE:
in Carmona, Mijas, Tarifa, Jerez de la Frontera, castles, etc:
- GRANADA: Moorish courtyards in the Alhambra Palace; the Moor's Generalife
gardens
- CORDOBA: Great Mosque
or La Mezquita; Moorish Alcazar, waterwheel; Maimonides
- SEVILLE: Cathedral
and Giralda Minaret; Archive of the Indies and Barrio Santa Cruz
- SPAIN AGRICULTURE:
harvesting olive groves and cork tree; oranges, sunflowers, wheat; vineyards
in La Rioja and Sherry wine bodegas; cork trees, windmills
- SPAIN CASTLES: castles
and Spain’s medieval architecture at La Mota, Coca Castle, the Alcazar
of Segovia; Castello de Loarre, Siquenza and Gormaz
- SPAIN CITIES: Segovia
and Avila in Castile; Salamanca,
Bilbao, Valladolid and Leon; Santiago
de Compostela in Galicia and the famous Way of Saint James or El Camino
de Santiago; Valencia; plus Ronda, Cadiz, Granada, Seville and Cordoba
in Andalucia, etc.
- SPANISH FESTIVALS:
San Fermin, Running of the Bulls, Pampalona; Las Fallas in Valencia; Corpus
Christi in Toledo; Semana Santa, Holy Week and La Feria de Sevilla; El Rocio
- SPANISH HISTORY: Pre-historic
Altimira cave paintings and Dolmens; Roman Spain, cities, architecture,
roads and aqueducts; the Moors and Age of Discovery King Carlos I and Felipe
II; and Route of Saint James to Santiago Compostela, Galicia
- SPANISH LANDSCAPES:
the Pacific and Mediterranean coastlines; the Pyrenees, Cantabrian and Sierra
Nevada Mountains; Meseta and Don Quixote windmills
- SPANISH LIFESTYLE:
Spanish culture, arts, entertainment, theater and nightlife; folk dance,
Flamenco and Zarzuela; Spanish cuisine; tapas; city and rural life; festivals
and education
- SPAIN MUSEUMS: The
Prado Museum, masterpieces by Velazquez El Greco and Goya; museums of Salvador
Dali in Catalonia and Picasso in Barcelona
- SPANISH TEENAGERS:
High School and University students studying, portraits and at recreation:
teens dating; at tapa bars; on educational field trips; dancing, family,
etc.
- SPAIN TOURISM: tourist
resorts on the Costa del Sol and Costa Brava in Catalunya; the Canary
Islands and Balearic
Islands; also National Paradores, etc
- SPAIN TOWNS AND VILLAGES:
life in Spanish rural towns and traditional farm families; pueblos blancos
or picturesque white villages of Andalucia;
TURKEY An extensive library of images including the historic architecture
of Byzantium and the Ottomans in Istanbul; Greek and Roman sites along the
Turkey coastline; exotic landscapes in Cappadocia and traditional crafts,
markets and lifestyle
- TURKEY AGRICULTURE:
rural life, farm families, cotton; opium poppy
cultivation; apricots; shepherds and flocks; Ataturk High Dam irrigation
project
- BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE:
landmarks and monuments of Byzantium, and Constantinople
now Istanbul; Aya Sofya or Hagia Sophia Church; Sumela Monastery
- CAPPADOCIA: images
of exotic landscapes; rock-cut homes and monasteries in Ihlara Valley; Uchisar,
Ortahisar, Urgup and Zelve; medieval church frescoes in the Goreme Museum;
Hot air ballooning over Central Anatolia and the towns of Mustafapasa and
Avanos
- HISTORIC CULTURES OF TURKEY:
archaeological sites at Catal Hoyuk; the Hittites at Hattusas; Troy; architecture,
temples and theaters at Lycian cities of Phaselis, Dalyan and Canus; Greek,
Hellenistic, Roman; Commagene Nemrut Dagi; Selcuk & Armenian sites
- GREEK AND ROMAN: Archaeological
Sites in Turkey including the Greek and Hellenistic sites of Didyma,
Tlos, Knidos, Euromos, Telmessos, Teimussa, Xanthos and Arycanda; Roman
Sites like Ephesus and the Library of Celsus; Aspendos and its theater;
aqueducts, temples, theaters and stadiums at Perge, Aphrodisias, Pamukkale,
Myra, Side, Antalya
- ISTANBUL: the city skyline on the Golden Horn and Bosphorus; Aya
Sophia, or Hagia Sophia church; Blue Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Cami; Kapali
Carsi or Grand Covered Bazaar; Suleymaniye Mosque; Kariye Camii or St. Saviour
in Chora; Topkapi; Taksim
- LANDSCAPES OF TURKEY:
with Cappadocia; the Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean Coastlines; the
Kacker Mountains, Mount Ararat; Lake Van and the Dardanelle
- LIFESTYLE IN TURKEY:
city life in Istanbul, Ankara, Trabzon and Antalya; tourism resorts Rural
life, villages and agriculture; traditional crafts and markets; fishermen
and fishing
- MARKETS IN TURKEY:
the Kapali Carsi or Grand Covered Bazaar and the Egyptian Market in Istanbul;
Turkish crafts, weaving Anatolian carpets; spice, produce and fish markets
- MOSQUES AND ISLAM: Islam and Muslims praying in Mosques in Turkey like the Blue
Mosque, Sultan Ahmet Cami or Suleymaniye
Mosque; and Whirling Dervishes
- OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE:
the monuments of the Ottoman Turks; the Sultans
Tombs; the Blue Mosque
or Sultanahmet Cami; Yeni Cami; Suleymaniye Mosque by the architect
Sinan; the Topkapi Palace and Kapali Carsi or Great Covered Bazaar
- TOURISM IN TURKEY:
travel destinations and tourism beach resorts on the Mediterranean and Aegean
coasts like; Oludeniz, Adana, Alanya, Antalya and Bodrum; and famous historic
sites like Ephesus and Aspendos; and the landscapes of Cappadocia and Goreme
PRE-COLUMBIAN AND PRE-HISPANIC
stock photography: of the ancient cultures of the Aztec, Maya, Zapotec,
Toltec, Olmec, Inca, Chimu, Moche and Mochica of Mesoamerica
- AZTEC:
the Aztec Culture and the archaeological sites of the Great Temple of
Tenochtitlan in the Zocalo of Mexico city; the rock-cut temple of the Eagles
and Jaguars at Malinalco; the floating gardens of Xochimilco; the pyramid
of Xochicalco; Aztec artifacts, altars and sculptures; also murals by Diego
Rivera depicting Tenochtitlan and Aztec culture
- CHICHEN
ITZA: the great Mayan city in Yucatan with the Pyramid of Kukulcan
or El Castillo at equinox; the Temple of the Warriors; the Mayan Observatory
or Caracol and the Nunnery in Old Chichen-Itza; also the Tzompantili and
the Sacred Cenote
- CHIMU,
MOCHE AND MOCHICA: Pre-hispanic archaeological sites
like the adobe architecture of the Chimu city of Chan Chan in Peru; the
Moche gold artifacts from the Mochica Lord of Sipan tomb; also the Nazca
Lines and the Paracas textiles
- EL TAJIN: the Pre-Columbian architecture of El Tajin in Veracruz,
Mexico and the Pyramid of the Niches, also ballcourts with reliefs of ball
players
- INCA: famous Pre-Hispanic Incan monuments and architecture in Cuzco,
Peru Including the Incan fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Qenko, Tambomachay; and
the Coricancha or Inca Sun Temple; also Incan ruins like Pisac and Ollantaytambo
in the Sacred Valley of the Incas; and Maras and Chinchero; plus the magnificent
setting of Machu Picchu above the Urubamba River Valley and sites along
the Inca Trail; also Ingapirca in Ecuador
- LORD OF
SIPAN: Pre-Columbian gold artifacts and funerary items including gold
masks, gold jewelry, earrings, nose rings, mantles and ornaments from northern
Peru
- MACHU PICCHU:
the famous Incan site perched above the Urubamba River Valley in the
Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains; surrounded by terraced fields, Machu Picchu
displays Inca stonework in the Temple of the Sun and the sacred Intihuatana;
plus sites along the Inca Trail and the Sacred Valley of the Incas also
the Cuzco railroad
- MAYAN: Mexico
with the famous Mayan archaeological sites in Chiapas and Yucatan like:
Chichen Itza; Uxmal, Kabah, Labna, Sayil on the Puuc Route; and Tulum
Coba and Ix Chel on the Riviera Maya or Ruta Maya; also Mayan pyramids,
ballcourts palaces and temples at Palenque, Piedras Negras and Bonampak
famous for its Mayan murals: and the famous pyramids and stelae of Tikal
in the Peten jungle of Guataemala
- OLMEC:
of Olmec architecture and artifacts, archaeological sites and the pyramid
at La Venta in Veracruz and Giant Olmec Stone Heads at Villahermosa archaeological
park and museums in Tabasco: also sculpture like the Wrestler, Olmec baby
and jade pieces
- TEOTIHUACAN:
Mesoamerica's largest pyramids of the Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of
the Moon, plus the Avenue of the Dead and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl; and
Tlaloc
- TIAHUANACO:
Pre-Columbian Tiahuanaco or Tiwanaku with giant
carved stone figures and the famous Gate of the Sun on the altiplano of
Bolivia.
- ZAPOTEC AND MIXTEC:
Pre-Columbian architecture and artifacts from Zapotec and Mixtec sites of Monte Alban and Mitla near Oaxaca, Mexico.
- TOLTEC
AND TULA: Prehispanic Warrior Columns or Atlantes, Pyramid of the Plumed
Serpent, Pyramid B; Quetzalcoatl, Xochicalco site, Mexico.
UNDERWATER MARINE
LIFE an extensive library of travel stock photography images including:
- CORAL REEF: brain, branching, bubble, hard and soft coral, etc.
- DOLPHINS:
Bottlenose and Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, etc.
- FISH:
including whales, sharks clown fish, schooling fish, etc.
- JELLYFISH: Medusa and Moon Jellyfish, Jellyfish Lake, etc.
- SHARKS: hammerhead
sharks, whale shark, blue shark and reef shark , etc.
- SQUID AND OCTOPUS:
Giant Pacific and Blue Spotted Octopus, etc.
- SCUBA DIVING, DIVERS
AND SKIN DIVING: ecotourism and adventure travel resorts, divers on
boats, training
- TURTLES:
endangered turtle species, green turtles, etc.
- UNDERWATER COLOR:
corals, coral reefs and fish with vibrant color
- UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENTS:
marine world diversity
- UNDERWATER PATTERNS:
on fish, sea fans, sea anemones and in corals
- AFRICA: African Cultures,
rural life, agriculture, game preserves, Aids, education, tribal leaders
and cultures; landscapes, cities, Somalia refugee camp:
- Egypt: Cairo Islamic
Architecture, Pyramids of Giza; Sphinx; Zoser's Stepped Pyramid at Saggara;
feluccas on Nile
River, Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple; Thebes Necropolis; Tombs
of Pharaohs in Valley of the Kings; Queen Hatshepsut Temple, camel
caravan; Tutankhamun, King Tut's gold mask, throne.
- East
Africa: Ethiopia: Gondar, Timkat, Blue Nile; Kenya: Masai, Kukuyu,
Turkana, Swahili cultures, game preserves; Sudan, Tanzania; Burundi;
agriculture, Aids education.
- West
Africa: Nigeria oil industry; Emir of Kano; markets and crafts;
Benin; Elmina and Goree Island Slave Trade Forts; Ghana Festivals, Cameroon;
Ivory Coast.
- Morocco: Fez, Rabat,
Tangier, Marrakech, Sahara Desert and High Atlas Mountain Landscapes,
oasis and kasbahs; traditional craft markets, souks.
- Southern
Africa, South Africa's gold and diamond mining, cape vineyards,
Pretoria; Johannesburg; Great Zimbabwe; Mbuti Pygmies in Ituri rainforest,
Zaire.
- AMERICANS: Latino,
Hispanic, Mexican, Quechua, Native American, Afro- American, Latin American,
Caribbean, Mexicano, Mestizo, Guatemalan, Panamanian, Costa Rican, Colombian,
Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Bolivian, Argentinian, Puerto Rican, Dominican and
Canadian cultures, festivals and lifestyles and ethnic communities
- ANCIENT MAYA: Mayan
indigenous cultures in Mexico and Guatemala, rural villages, craft markets
of Chichicastenango, Solola; festival of Semana Santa or Easter Holy Week
in Antigua; Mayan Pre-Columbian and Pre-Hispanic archaeological sites in
Mesoamerica; artifacts; architecture, ruins, pyramids, temples, ball-courts,
etc.
- ASIAN CULTURES: stock photography
and travel stock photo images of these:
- Australia,
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea; landscapes, cities, agriculture,
rural and urban life; indigenous markets, Sing sing Festivals, tribal
portraits
- Japan: geishas, sports,
festivals, rice agriculture, industry, sumo wrestling, Buddhism
- China,
Hong Kong, Tibet; Beijing,
Forbidden City, Shanghai and Great Wall of China; skylines, urban
lifestyle, Chinese culture, exotic markets and crafts, Chinese agriculture,
rural life, landscape, tourism destinations
- Malaysia,
Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei: Kuala Lumpur, Sumatra, Java; agriculture,
landscape and lifestyle, Islam, Islamic, Buddhist Architecture. Bali
and Balinese landscape, culture.
- Philippines: Manila, fishing villages, agriculture, rural lifestyle,
villages, education
- Thailand,
Myanmar, Burma, Cambodia: Bangkok, Changmai, resorts, Phuket, Golden
Triangle Tribes, markets, Pagan, Buddhist Pagodas, temples
- BUDDHISM: images of
Buddhist architecture, dagobas, monks, Bodh Gaya, Mahabodhi, Gautama, Ajanta
Cave in India; Tikse, Lamayuru Monastery in Ladakh; Ruvaneliseya dagoba,
Anuradhapura; Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriva, Adams Peak, Tooth Temple
in Kandy; Sri Lanka or Ceylon; Wat Po Temple and Temple of the Emerald Buddha
and Wat Arun, in Bangkok, Thailand; Japan, Kyoto; Todaigi Temple, Nara;
Kinmkajuji
- CHRISTIANITY: Christian
Churches, Cathedrals and Monasteries; Spanish Colonial Missions; medieval,
Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque Religious art and architecture;
Christian religious festivals, processions, pilgrims and pilgrimage; at
Corpus Christi in Cuzco, Peru and Toledo, Spain; Christmas in Oaxaca, Mexico;
Fiesta del Gran Poder, La Paz, Bolivia; Good Friday, Palm Sunday, Easter
Holy Week, Semana Santa in Antigua, Guatemala; Taxco, Mexico and Seville,
Spain; Vatican City in Rome, Italy
- INDIA AND SRI LANKA:
Bombay, Mumbai, landscapes, landmarks, Mogul
architecture like the Taj Mahal in Agra, Akbar, Asoka; Rajputs in Rajasthan,
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Jaipur, Great Thar Desert camel caravan; Sikh
Golden Temple, Amritsar; New Delhi and Old Delhi; Madurai, Benares, Varanasi;
Srinagar in Kashmir, Ladakh; fishing villages, markets, tea plantations,
markets, Nepal, Kathmandu; Tibet and the Potala Palace in Lhasa; Hinduism
and Hindu temples, weddings, priests, etc. Plus stock
photographs of Bhutan.
- ISLAM: Islamic Architecture
and Mosques in Muslim Cultures; Muslim pilgrimage; medersas, Koranic schools
and prayer; Islamic professional women, markets, crafts; historic landmarks
like the Blue Mosque and Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey; the Koutoubia
in Marrakech, Morocco; Moorish Muslim architecture in Spain; the Great Mosque
of Cordoba, La Mezquita and the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Andalusia
- JAPAN: Travel photos of
Japan's, lifestyle, landscape and architecture; Tokyo; Peace Memorial Park
in Hiroshima; Kobe earthquake. Kyoto; Todaigi Temple, Nara; Kinmkajuji Golden
Temple; bullet train, Osaka castle; Japanese festivals; sumo wrestling,
a tattoo parlor and geisha; agriculture and harvesting rice fields, Biotechnology
research; industry; Biombos Namban, Japanese screens showing Portuguese
traders arriving in Nagasaki harbor.
- JUDAISM: images of Jews
and Jewish Synagogues; a Rabbi with Torah in Temple; the history of Jews
in medieval Spain including El Transito Synagogue and Museum, Santa Maria
la Blanca and El Greco's home in Toledo; Maimonides statue in the Jewish
Quarter of Cordoba; the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Gibraltar; Barcelona
and Hervas, Spain
- LATIN AMERICA:
cultures, festivals and lifestyle including: Latino, Hispanic, Mexican,
Meztizo, Quechua and Aymara, Guatemalan, Panamanian, Costa Rican, Colombian,
Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Bolivian, Argentinian, Puerto Rican, Dominican and
Cuban
- MOROCCO: Stock photos
of Fez; Hassan Tower and Royal Palace in Rabat; Meknes and Tangier; Jemaa
el Fna and Koutoubia Minaret in Marrakech; Muslim and Islamic historic architecture,
mosques and Koranic schools; souks, markets and crafts; oasis landscapes
in the Sahara Desert; kasbahs in the High Atlas Mountains; Berber family;
Tiffoultoute, Ait-Benhaddou, Telouet, Quarzazate and Zagora; desert villages,
desertification and sand dunes. The Roman city of Volubilis; Essaouira,
Mogador, Portuguese, fishing boats
- OCCUPATIONS AND WORK:
Commerce, International Trade, tourists and tourism resorts traditional
crafts and markets, weaving and textiles, fishing; oil rigs, drilling, mining;
industry including electronics, High Tec, assembly line and automobile plants,
steel mills, lumbering, airports, stock markets; agriculture, farming and
harvesting crops
WORLD AGRICULTURE:
farming, harvesting, indigenous markets, with plantations, livestock herding,
vineyards and terraced fields
- BIOTECHNOLOGY: Biotech laboratories, scientists and technicians; and
research into disease resistant crops like rice in Japan and the Philippines
- HARVESTING:
planting
and harvesting rice terraces; cutting sugarcane; picking
and roasting coffee beans; picking tea leaves; cocoa
beans for making chocolate in Mexico; harvesting corn or maize and olive
cork trees; orchards and vineyards; tobacco; opium poppy cultivation, cotton
and wheat; agave plants for Tequila; harvest festivals and ancient harvest
gods, goddesses and deities
- HERDING: Agriculture and herding with cattle ranching, shepherds herding
sheep in Spain, Latin America, Mexico and Turkey; llamas and alpacas on
the altiplano of Bolivia and Peru; Gauchos on the Pampas of Patagonia in
Argentina and Chile; a camel caravan in the Great thar Desert of Rajasthan,
India and a Texas cattle drive
- INDIGENOUS MARKETS:
produce markets and craft markets textiles,
weavings and pottery in Latin America including Otavalo in Ecuador; Cuzco,
Pisac and Chinchero in Peru; Chichicastenango, Guatemala; Mexico; Spain
and Portugal; Morocco, Egypt, Kenya in Africa; Istanbul, Turkey; India,
Sri Lanka and Thailand, Asia
- LIVESTOCK:
Gauchos in Patagonia, Argentina; cowboys on a Texas
cattle drive; sheep, shepherds and the Spanish Riding School in Andalusia,
Spain; Charro Rodeo in Mexico and llamas and alpacas in Ecuador and Peru;
a camel caravan in India, elephants used in lumbering in Thailand and Sri
Lanka; oxen teams plowing in Mexico
- MARKETS AND CRAFTS:
craft markets in Otavalo, Ecuador; Pisac in Peru; Mayan Indians in Chichicastenango
in Guatemala. The herbal, magic market, witches market or Mercado de Brujos
in Mexico and Mercado de Hechiceria in La Paz, Bolivia. Traditional markets
in Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico; Istanbul and Cappadocia, Turkey; spice markets
in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand; markets in Portugal, Africa and Morocco
- PLANTATIONS:
tea and sugarcane plantations; the cultivation
of fruit, bananas; pineapples in Puerto Rico; cocoa beans; and henequen
sisal in Yucatan, Mexico; coffee
in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Kenya; latex rubber trees in India, Sri
Lanka and Malaysia; agave plants for Tequila; tobacco for Cuban cigars;
opium poppies in Turkey
- TERRACED FIELDS:
terraced farming; planting and harvesting rice in the
terraced paddies of Sri Lanka and Japan in Asia; harvesting coffee and tea
on plantations in Sri Lanka, Turkey, Malaysia, Kenya, Costa Rica and Guatemala.
Ancient Aztec chinampas at Xochimilco, Mexico; terraced fields in the Sacred
Valley of the Incas, Peru; terraced vineyards in La Rioja, Spain and Port
wine quintas on the Rio Douro in Portugal
- U.S. AND CANADA FARMS: Agriculture and farming in the Midwest and farm families
in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana; also Amish farms; harvesting wheat
and corn; sheep and cattle drive in Texas; vineyards in Niagara, Ontario,
Canada.
- VINEYARDS:
famous vineyards in La Rioja;. Manzanares and Sherry wine from Andalusia;
La Geria vineyards on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain;
Port wine on the Duero River or Rio Douro and Porto, Oporto in Portugal;
vineyards in Cappadocia, Turkey; the Amalfi Coast in Italy; Tequila agave
from Mexico; Cape vineyards in South Africa; and Canadian vineyards in the
Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada and in Illinois
UNITED STATES AND CANADA stock photography
and travel stock photo images including city skylines and urban lifestyle;
agriculture, rural life, farming and the landscapes of New England; Midwest
and the Southwest; historic Spanish Colonial Missions and Native American
cultures.
- AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND CANADA: farms, farmland, rural farm lifestyle: harvesting wheat,
corn and soybeans; Midwestern dairy farms; sheep herding, cattle ranching,
feedlots and livestock in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana; Tuscon
Rodeo, Arizona and cattle drive in Texas; vineyards and wine in California
and Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada
- U.S. FARM FAMILES: farm
life and rural lifestyle; farmer's markets, farmland; harvesting wheat,
corn and soybeans; hog and dairy cows on Midwestern farms in Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana and Wisconsin; traditional Amish farm family harvesting with mule
teams;
- UNITED STATES AND CANADA
HISTORIC SITES: archaeological sites; Native American culture; Cahokia
Mounds; Anasazi cliff dwellings, like Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde; White
House in Canyon de Chelly; Pueblo Bonito; petroglyphs; Taos and Acoma Pueblo;
Haida Indian Villages and Totem Poles in British Columbia; Spanish Colonial
Architecture and Missions of San Xavier del Bac; Las Trampas, Rancho de
Taos, Chimayo and San Miguel and the Governors Palace in Santa Fe, New Mexico;
El Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine,
Florida; Old Quebec City and Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario: Saint
Lawrence Seaway in Canada. Stock
Photos of Abraham Lincoln historic sites in New Salem and Springfield, Illinois.
- UNITED STATES INDUSTRY: business, commerce; the stock market and commodity markets
in Chicago; mining, forestry and lumbering, pulp mills, railroads and transportation;
shops, shopping, tourism and resorts; agriculture and farming; cattle ranching,
sheep, livestock and dairy farms; fishermen and salmon fishing in Alaska;
- LANDSCAPES IN THE UNITED STATES
AND CANADA: with panoramics, scenics and travel photos of Acadia and
Mount Desert in Maine; lighthouses and seacoast in New England; Midwestern
Farmland and agriculture of Illinois and Iowa; desert landscape and canyons
of the American Southwest; including Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon,
Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly and Mesa Verde in Arizona,
New Mexico, Utah Texas and Colorado; the Canadian landscapes of Nova Scotia,
Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Niagara Falls; the Great Lakes and St
Lawrence Seaway.
- LIFESTYLE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND CANADA: rural life, farms and farm families; salmon fishing in Alaska;
lobster fishermen and fishing villages in Maine and Canada; city life and
cultural life with entertainments, theater, festivals, parades and events;
ethnic neighborhoods, cuisines, restaurants and markets in Mexican, Hispanic,
Latino, Chicano, Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in Chicago, San Antonio,
Texas, Los Angeles and Little Havana in Miami; museums and the arts, sports;
recreation, travel and tourism.
- NATIONAL PARKS IN THE UNITED
STATES: in the American Southwest including Monument Valley, Canyon
de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches National
Park, Pink Sand Dunes; the Grand Canyon and Saguaro National Park in the
Sonoran Desert; Death Valley, the Grand Tetons, Glacier National Park, Del
Norte Redwood Forest; Mount Desert and Acadia National Park in New England,
St Augustine, Florida; Cahokia Mound, Illinois; El Morro in San Juan and
El Yunque in Puerto Rico
- NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES
in the United States and Canada and historic archaeological sites; Cahokia
Mounds; Anasazi cliff dwellings; Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, in Colorado;
Canyon de Chelly, Betatakin, Hovenweep, Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon; Taos
Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo; Hispanic culture and Spanish Colonial Missions
at San Xavier del Bac, Arizona; El Santuario de Chimayo and the Palace of
the Governors in Santa Fe and Las Trampas and Rancho de Taos in New Mexico;
Santa Barbara Mission in California; and Haida Indian villages in British
Columbia, Canada
- SKYLINES AND CITIES in United
States and Canada including city skylines, skyscrapers and historic architecture
and landmarks in Chicago and the Chicago Loop; Springfield, Illinois; Miami
and St Augustine, Florida; New Orleans, San Antonio and Indianapolis; also
Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City in Canada.
- UNITED STATES Spanish
Missions and Colonial Architecture; with Castillo San Marcos in St Augustine,
Florida; El Morro in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico; the Palace of the Governors
in Santa Fe and San Antonio; adobe architecture and the Spanish Missions
of San Xavier del Bac, near Tuscon, Arizona; Las Trampas and Rancho de Taos;
El Santuario de Chimayo and San Miguel in Santa Fe; San Felipe de Neri church
in Albuquerque, New Mexico; San Luis Rey and Santa Barbara Mission in Califormia.
