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Sue - stranger 161/200
Finding myself in Nottingham city centre looking for people to photograph for my stranger project on the same day Nottingham was holding its Pride Festival I found myself drawn to the area the main events were being held. There were so many people around the stage it was almost impossible to move, let alone find space to photograph anyone, so I walked along some of the side streets. Just around the corner from the stage I saw two PCSOs (police community support officers) coming towards me, one of whom carried a small Pride flag and had glitter around her eyes, so I just had to introduce the project to her and hope she would agree to being photographed.
As we were standing next to a red door we decided it would make a colourful background and as the sun had long gone behind cloud cover the light was wonderfully soft and easy to work with. Sue gave me a great big smile and I soon had the image I wanted.
Sue told me she had been a PCSO for the last ten years and the best thing about the job was dealing with people. The worst part was working the late shifts. She said she was really enjoying being on duty for the Pride festival and everything was going well and that there hadn’t been any trouble at all.
I asked Sue what she liked doing when off duty and she said singing, dancing and performing amateur dramatics.
Sue’s first star crush had been on George Michael and the one item she couldn’t live without was gin – the latter putting that big smile back on her face.
What advice would Sue give to her younger-self? ‘Enjoy life, live every day as if it might be your last.’
Thank-you Sue for giving me some of your time to photograph you for my stranger project, and I hope you like your portrait.
This picture is #161 in the 100 Strangers project, yes, I’m doing a second 100. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This is my 132nd submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/</a
Sue - stranger 161/200
Finding myself in Nottingham city centre looking for people to photograph for my stranger project on the same day Nottingham was holding its Pride Festival I found myself drawn to the area the main events were being held. There were so many people around the stage it was almost impossible to move, let alone find space to photograph anyone, so I walked along some of the side streets. Just around the corner from the stage I saw two PCSOs (police community support officers) coming towards me, one of whom carried a small Pride flag and had glitter around her eyes, so I just had to introduce the project to her and hope she would agree to being photographed.
As we were standing next to a red door we decided it would make a colourful background and as the sun had long gone behind cloud cover the light was wonderfully soft and easy to work with. Sue gave me a great big smile and I soon had the image I wanted.
Sue told me she had been a PCSO for the last ten years and the best thing about the job was dealing with people. The worst part was working the late shifts. She said she was really enjoying being on duty for the Pride festival and everything was going well and that there hadn’t been any trouble at all.
I asked Sue what she liked doing when off duty and she said singing, dancing and performing amateur dramatics.
Sue’s first star crush had been on George Michael and the one item she couldn’t live without was gin – the latter putting that big smile back on her face.
What advice would Sue give to her younger-self? ‘Enjoy life, live every day as if it might be your last.’
Thank-you Sue for giving me some of your time to photograph you for my stranger project, and I hope you like your portrait.
This picture is #161 in the 100 Strangers project, yes, I’m doing a second 100. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This is my 132nd submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/</a