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Photo: girl peeking behind robes

Pakistan
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Photo: sand dunes

Namibia
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Photo: dolphins

Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
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Photo: children posing for a picture

Dominican Republic
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Photo: women praying

Jerusalem

Dome of the Rock
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Photo: man standing at the edge of a waterfall

Zambia

Victoria Falls
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Photo: prairie grasses

South Dakota

prairie grasses
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Photo: priestess

Brazil

city of Salvador
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Photo: woman with her children

Rwanda
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Photo: white pelicans

Gulf of Mexico

the coast of Louisiana
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Annie Griffiths Belt was one of the first female photographers to be hired at National Geographic

Belt documents her peripatetic life as a photographer and mother in a new book, A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs

Belt, who was hired in 1978, and her husband, Don, a writer at the magazine, decided that their children should accompany Belt on most of her photo assignments

she has carried them to places around the globe during her 30-year career at the magazine

There were bear encounters at Yellowstone National Park and brushes with sharks in the Galapagos

She found that even in the most remote parts of the planet, her role as a mother opened doors

I've been in a culture that's divided by gender, to me it's a huge advantage

Annie Griffiths Belt

Don Belt with Lily and Charlie

Belt's husband, Don, poses with their children

An opera star applies makeup in Hong Kong.

Model on South Beach, Miami