Stranger #3 of 100 *

This is Chris. He is #003 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

 

I went to a gig at the 100 club on Oxford Street, London. Then on to The 12 Bar on Denmark Street who had a late night DJ.

 

A Rockabilly/Psychobilly band called King Kurt had been playing. Their gigs can get a tad messy.

 

That is actually an understatement. I once had to walk a good few miles to get home after seeing them play. I could not get a taxi and the bus drivers would not let on the busses. I was covered in flour just like Chris who was the DJ following the live music.

 

I actually went up to a balcony to photograph the aftermath of the gig and stumbled across Chris.

 

This is one of a handful of portraits I had taken with the intention of posting them in the 100 strangers project just a few weeks prior to joining the group.

 

I had a quick chat about the gig, previous gigs I had been to and the joys of getting home in such a state. I told him about the project. He agreed to his portrait being taken.

 

My batteries had died in my flash and I wasn't really sure if I'd get a good image or not with the ISO cranked up such a huge amount.

 

There was a small light above Chris' decks and the light with a high ISO has given me what I think is a reasonable image.

 

The reason I wanted to photograph Chris is because his hair still looked immaculately fixed but his face and clothes were absolutely caked in flour.

 

His facial expression really made me laugh, its a look of being slightly amused and the acceptance of being covered in flour. (The 12 bar was relocating and the flour-bombs were really only to be expected).

 

I'm so glad I wasn't in the venue with my camera when the carnage was under way.

I certainly wouldn't have changed lenses in the venue.

 

If you see this Chris, thanks for letting me take your picture.

 

Done