100 Strangers: 207 Lucy

Ok so this was one of those small world moments but I did not know it at the time...

 

Urban Scot and I had met up last weekend and went out onto Portobello Road, mainly catching up, but also with the hope of taking some portraits of strangers.

 

Lucy was my second portrait of the day and the reason I asked her was of her style. Her hat game was strong :-)

 

Lucy with her beaming smile agreed to my request.

and with Peter's help (reflector duty), we took a series of portraits down a side road where it was a little quieter. There were more options for a variety of portraits.

 

Chatting with her I found out that she worked in TV and was just meeting friends that weekend as well as chilling out in the market.

 

So where does the small world come in? Well, my wife was looking at her cover image on instagram and noticed a Mate cup and asked me if she was Argentinian (drinking Mate is a very popular cultural pastime in Argentina). I said that judging by her name and accent that she wasn't.

 

Looking a little deeper into her instagram page, it turned out that she had spent some time in Buenos Aires. What was even more interesting was that she not only knew, but is good friends with a group of ladies who did Street Photography courses in Buenos Aires. My love of street photography and, more importantly, street portraits came directly as a result of these courses.

 

It's encounters like these that make me love getting out on the streets and engaging with them for this project.

 

Thanks very much for this portrait. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the

 

100 Strangers Flickr Group Page

 

Connect with me on instagram where my handle is @arnabkghosal

 

or visit my website

 

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