Strangers # 19 - The Amandas
Ya gotta love teenagers for their spon-"teen"-aity, and their ability to get you laughing. This was a short encounter but we laughed almost the whole time.
I found them walking in front of me in a crowd. They both had on strapless cocktail dresses with really big bows in the back and you could tell they were talking and giggling.
I was walking with a friend and she said, "you've got to photograph them for your project. So, I ran ahead and asked them, They said, "sure,"... together!
Then I said, "What are your names?" I saw both speak but heard only one voice, "Amanda."
"Okay, so which one is Amanda?"
"We are," they said.
"What grade?"
"Tenth."
The one on the left spoke up by herself and said, "I'm 15 and she is 16 years old."
I thought it might be a good idea to photograph them in their dresses together but they didn't think so. We finally decided that we would create a portrait that depicted a characteristic of their friendship. They decided that they are characterized by craziness and , "biting off each other's heads." They weren't quite sure what that meant and I never got a straight answer since we were laughing.
"So how are you going to illustrate this," I asked them. Immediately the one on the left grabbed the other by the shoulders, opened her mouth really wide and bit the other one's head... and I captured the moment.
I told them that I thought it would be nice to get a "sane" photo too and hence the one below.
This picture is #19 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
Strangers # 19 - The Amandas
Ya gotta love teenagers for their spon-"teen"-aity, and their ability to get you laughing. This was a short encounter but we laughed almost the whole time.
I found them walking in front of me in a crowd. They both had on strapless cocktail dresses with really big bows in the back and you could tell they were talking and giggling.
I was walking with a friend and she said, "you've got to photograph them for your project. So, I ran ahead and asked them, They said, "sure,"... together!
Then I said, "What are your names?" I saw both speak but heard only one voice, "Amanda."
"Okay, so which one is Amanda?"
"We are," they said.
"What grade?"
"Tenth."
The one on the left spoke up by herself and said, "I'm 15 and she is 16 years old."
I thought it might be a good idea to photograph them in their dresses together but they didn't think so. We finally decided that we would create a portrait that depicted a characteristic of their friendship. They decided that they are characterized by craziness and , "biting off each other's heads." They weren't quite sure what that meant and I never got a straight answer since we were laughing.
"So how are you going to illustrate this," I asked them. Immediately the one on the left grabbed the other by the shoulders, opened her mouth really wide and bit the other one's head... and I captured the moment.
I told them that I thought it would be nice to get a "sane" photo too and hence the one below.
This picture is #19 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/