I first became interested in photography because of <a href="http://photos.spymyshadow.com/gallery/778309/1/34475158">one picture</a> I took in the West Bank. I became a photographer after borrowing my mom's camera and taking two pictures—one of a <a href="http://photos.spymyshadow.com/gallery/1235521/1/58407140">sunrise</a>, the other of <a href="http://photos.spymyshadow.com/gallery/778428/1/34479774">pelicans at sunset</a> in Baja. I've been addicted to my camera ever since, for eight years. In real life, I reside in the Puget Sound Area, and work at Microsoft managing developer programs. I have an MBA from New York University, and studied Middle-Eastern History and Arabic as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. http://mao.smugmug.com/photos/53348812_bpJKf-Ti.jpg http://mao.smugmug.com/Around the World/ 2009-11-27T19:12:42Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. 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http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/greendoorway/68137910_Uy7kn-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a> </p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/1432862_LfPcc#68118675_rDQCf" title="mao's photo"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/churchbypotrero/68118675_rDQCf-Th.jpg" width="104" height="150" alt="mao's photo" title="mao's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T17:04:06Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/churchbypotrero/68118675_rDQCf-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a><br />Guanajuato University</p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/1432862_LfPcc#68117017_yXofu" title="Guanajuato University"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/universidad/68117017_yXofu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Guanajuato University" title="Guanajuato University" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T23:17:26Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/universidad/68117017_yXofu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a><br />Street by the university</p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/1432862_LfPcc#68116131_aneoN" title="Street by the university"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/univalley/68116131_aneoN-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="Street by the university" title="Street by the university" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T12:28:33Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/univalley/68116131_aneoN-Th.jpg 21.01976900000000 -101.26420800000000 0 <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a><br />Sunrise from El Pipila</p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/1432862_LfPcc#68098121_4Srj4" title="Sunrise from El Pipila"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/gtoskylinewhitesky/68098121_4Srj4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Sunrise from El Pipila" title="Sunrise from El Pipila" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T22:48:16Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/gtoskylinewhitesky/68098121_4Srj4-Th.jpg 21.01976900000000 -101.26420800000000 6563 <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a> </p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/1432862_LfPcc#68097333_Suwdr" title="mao's photo"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/alley/68097333_Suwdr-Th.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="mao's photo" title="mao's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T18:16:21Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/alley/68097333_Suwdr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a><br />San Cayetano</p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/1432862_LfPcc#68096073_qnhsx" title="San Cayetano"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/sancayetano/68096073_qnhsx-Th.jpg" width="104" height="150" alt="San Cayetano" title="San Cayetano" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T04:05:05Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Guanajuato/Calles-de-Guanajuato/sancayetano/68096073_qnhsx-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a> </p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Santiago-de-Compostella/798094_t5WEg#58312293_WM9Zp" title="mao's photo"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Santiago-de-Compostella/clocktower/58312293_WM9Zp-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="mao's photo" title="mao's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T11:02:39Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Santiago-de-Compostella/clocktower/58312293_WM9Zp-Th.jpg 42.88020800000000 -8.54420900000000 0 <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a><br />My dad, along a side passage of the Haram ash-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, the Temple Mount.</p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/West-Bank/778309_i6qhD#35470722_5hSHK" title="My dad, along a side passage of the Haram ash-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, the Temple Mount."><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/West-Bank/arches/35470722_5hSHK-Th.jpg" width="116" height="150" alt="My dad, along a side passage of the Haram ash-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, the Temple Mount." title="My dad, along a side passage of the Haram ash-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, the Temple Mount." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T02:53:11Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/West-Bank/arches/35470722_5hSHK-Th.jpg 31.77794000000000 35.23508400000000 0 <p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com">mao</a> </p><p><a href="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Hawaii/778269_PmYQL#34470091_MBUNt" title="mao's photo"><img src="http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Hawaii/waterfall/34470091_MBUNt-Th.jpg" width="117" height="150" alt="mao's photo" title="mao's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T06:48:55Z mao http://mao.smugmug.com http://mao.smugmug.com/Around-the-World/Hawaii/waterfall/34470091_MBUNt-Th.jpg