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4/27/13

Guadalupe, Mexico

Posted by Mike Holtby at 10:16 AM

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Fiji

Posted by Mike Holtby at 10:14 AM

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4/14/13

London

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:57 PM

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England

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:56 PM

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HaLong Bay

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:51 PM

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Mountain Tribes, Vietnam

Posted by Mike Holtby at 3:44 PM

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4/13/13

Lakota Sioux

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:49 PM

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Vietnam

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:47 PM

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4/12/13

Vietnam

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:45 PM

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Tibet

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:44 PM

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4/11/13

Tibet

Posted by Mike Holtby at 11:30 AM

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Prayer Wheel

Posted by Mike Holtby at 10:30 AM

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4/10/13

Tibet

Posted by Mike Holtby at 8:00 AM

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4/9/13

Botswana

Posted by Mike Holtby at 7:00 PM

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Kenya Safari

Posted by Mike Holtby at 6:20 PM

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Kenya

Posted by Mike Holtby at 10:04 AM

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Ethiopia

Posted by Mike Holtby at 9:09 AM

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4/8/13

Cotswolds, England

Posted by Mike Holtby at 2:13 PM

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4/7/13

Nicaragua

Posted by Mike Holtby at 3:08 PM

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St. Lucia

Posted by Mike Holtby at 2:44 PM

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4/6/13

Guatemala

Posted by Mike Holtby at 4:30 PM

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4/5/13

Mexico

Posted by Mike Holtby at 5:58 PM

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4/4/13

Russia

Posted by Mike Holtby at 6:31 PM

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4/3/13

China

Posted by Mike Holtby at 4:16 PM

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4/2/13

Uyghurs in China

Posted by Mike Holtby at 9:06 PM

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4/1/13

Nepal

Posted by Mike Holtby at 10:00 PM

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India

Posted by Mike Holtby at 1:38 PM

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▼ 2013 (44)
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  - Guadalupe, Mexico
  - Fiji
  - London
  - England
  - HaLong Bay
  - Mountain Tribes, Vietnam
  - Lakota Sioux
  - Vietnam
  - Vietnam
  - Tibet
  - Tibet
  - Prayer Wheel
  - Tibet
  - Botswana
  - Kenya Safari
  - Kenya
  - Ethiopia
  - Cotswolds, England
  - Nicaragua
  - St. Lucia
  - Guatemala
  - Mexico
  - Russia
  - China
  - Uyghurs in China
  - Nepal
  - India
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► 2012 (33)
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About Me

Mike Holtby: I am a psychotherapist (now retired) and photographer. When in college I wanted to be a cultural anthropologist, but I couldn't figure out how to do fieldwork in some remote part of the world with a wife and small daughter. So I changed my major to Sociology. I eventually became a clinical social worker. I burnt out on that field in my mid-thirties, and went to art school in commercial photography. However, in the end the best balance proved to be as a private practice psychotherapist, with photography as an avocation. This eventually synthesized with my original interest in indigenous cultures around the world (I've been to 47 countries) photographing people for a project called "One Planet -- One People". My other photographic interest is wildlife, and I have been on a dozen African safaris, as well as Yellowstone in every season, and Alaska to photograph brown bears. My reasons are similar to photographing indigenous people: the ecosystem is collapsing and much of the wildlife I witness now may soon be gone. I have now come full circle, building a photo studio on Whidbey Island offering professional portraiture, and working on a photo book project.

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