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For Carolyn Rosen travel is about connecting—to a place, to a people. As an art historian
and photographer, she does this with the use of a camera.“I don’t take snapshots,” she says.
“I don’t want to walk around behind a camera the entire time. Instead, I get up close. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then I edit the picture in my mind before I ever look behind the lens.”
Carolyn says the “souls of people are revealed in art.” Her husband, Joe agrees.
“Art documents what people were doing and thinking at a particular moment in time,” he says. “That’s why great architecture speaks to us, because it not only shows us the talent of the creators, it also reveals something about the people who called that place home.”
This married couple of 48 years has found themselves as much at home in the world as in their own house in Pennsylvania.
“We’ve traveled our entire marriage, spending our honeymoon and several anniversaries abroad,” Joe said. “Travel gives us something to share.”
Carolyn adds that the enjoyment isn’t just in the actual journey. “This is something we do together—from planning out where to go and what to do to reading up on the places we’ll see.”
“The souls of people are revealed in art.” says
Carolyn Rosen who photographed this fisherman
on Imle Lake in Myanmar.
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A photo taken by the Rosens at Angkor Wat, Cambodia
The couple’s vote for a Wonder of the World was inspired by the story of another great love affair.
“Knowing the story of the emperor who loved his wife so much he built a monument to honor her makes the Taj Mahal even more poignant,” Carolyn said.
Joe recalls seeing it for the first time under the light of a full moon.
“We saw the moon rise over the Taj Mahal and it nearly brought me to tears,” he said. “It was so moving. There was a real aura about the place.
”Carolyn says the Taj Mahal reminds her that at our core, human beings are basically the same—with the same sense of love and loss.
“When we relate people to people, without religion, government and other things that divide us, we’re all pretty much the same,” she says.
It’s that understanding that keeps the Rosen’s passports full and their arms open to all those they encounter.
“Our travels have given us a greater understanding of other people around the world as well as each other,” Carolyn says. “We hope to be doing it for the next 50 years. After all, as long as there are more places to see, we’ll just keep rolling.” |
