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This photo is part of my $2 Portrait Project, a project that I started to increase the interaction I have with other human beings. The idea is that I offer to give $2 for a portrait sitting to anyone who asks me for money. You can see my collection of these portraits here and my original blog post announcing this project here. There is also a $2 portrait group on Flickr where other people who have adopted this project for their own also post photos. You can get to that group here.
Earlier today while out shooting on Geary Street near Mason I ran into Michael. I actually ran into Michael while I was working on a portrait of another guy Brad. I also took a $2 portrait of Brad, but when I told him about my project he asked me not to post his photo to the internet so his image isn't in the collection.
But while talking to Brad, Michael made his way into our conversation. Michael is blind and was heading up the street with his cane. He heard Brad's voice and told him that he knew him. Brad told Michael that he was right and that he and Michael had talked for a while the night before.
While talking with Brad and Michael, Michael asked me if I could give him some money for some pizza. He said he was hungry and needed to eat. I told Michael about my project and he agreed to pose.
Michael is originally from Cincinnati Ohio but he's been out here since 1980 We talked a little bit about technology. I asked Michael if he'd heard about the new 230mpg car that was in the news today and he said he had. He said that like most of the technology though that they've probably already had it for years but are just letting us get it now. "Do you remember Star Trek," he asked me. I said yes and he said that they already had the idea for the cell phone way back then. Michael said that mostly the military has all the technology already but that they keep it hidden away from all of us. He told me that his father had been in World War II and that they had computers even way back then.
Michael was the first blind person I've photographed as part of my project.
After chatting a bit more Michael asked me if I could make it $5 instead of $2. I told him that the pay for portraits was only $2 and he said ok.
With that I paid Michael and Brad both $2 and headed on my way home on the BART.
Michael is my third stranger in the 100 stranger series.
He was standing at the Grocery store offering poppies for donations for remembrance day. At first I felt a bit awkward talking with him and I could see he was a bit nervous as well, but once I asked him about the Cadets (and paid for a poppy) the conversation got easier.
I wanted to spend a bit more time selecting the background for his portrait but there were a lot of people bustling around with their shopping carts so I just made do.
Michael says he is in his third year in the British Columbia Dragoons regiment of the Canadian Forces. He hopes to commence studies to become a psychiatrist when he turns 19.
(I chose black and white editing because of different colours in the background but I will also post the colour one in the 100 stranger's photo album for comparisons.)
This picture is #03 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at
100 Strangers Flickr Group page
(In Explore November 1,2016)
Michael is one of my customers, he has led a very colourful life, been and worked all over the world, flown planes, sailed boats and up until a few years ago had his own microlite.......definately a face full of character for one of lifes characters.
Saw this Michael Jackson impersonator on the streets of Rome.
Nikon F4. Bergger Pancro 400 35mm B&W film.
Michael was on the southwest corner of Franklin and Lake. He's been out here about three years. "I'm getting a bank account on Friday", he said, "Things are turning around. We talked a little more and he said, "I'm an optimist, not a pessimist." He occasionally gets a little work by cleaning up at a local bar. He saves that money as best he can. He got divorced a few years ago, "I didn't see it coming", he said, "it wrecked me". Despite his life experiences, Michael is a positive guy and knows that things will get better.
A neighborhood Italian restaurant and bar in our town. We, don't go here often, but it is a treat when we do. The owner is hauling kegs and taking orders. it's been in his family for many generations.
Michael Schenker live at The Garage, Glasgow, UK (13.5.25). Snapseed edit. (Guitar) Heroes Never Die: Schenker, Sykes and the Riff Lords
O americano Michael Phelps durante a quebra do recorde mundial dos 400m medley nas olimpíadas de Athenas 2004
Michael Bolton, live in concert
Lisbon, Portugal
More photos: www.facebook.com/pg/alexandredesousaphotography/photos/?t...
Michael singing with The Jimmy Stahl Big Band Orchestra at the Brantford International Jazz Festival 2019.
Brantford,Ontario.
Michael Gentile on the phone in his Preston Street apt. Photo by Paula Gillen. Circa 1978. Baltimore, MD.
069126 02: Performer Michael Jackson stands at an award ceremony held by CBS Records February 20, 1990 in Los Angeles, CA. Jackson, who was the lead singer for the Jackson Five by age eight, reached the peak of his solo career with 1982's "Thriller," the best-selling album of all time and recipient of eight Grammy awards. (Photo by Barry King/Liaison)
Sir Michael looks out happily over his vast estates.
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Another build for the CCC, this time in the Medieval Manor category.
Glasgow, Scotland; 02.02.2013
M7; 50mm Summilux f/1.4
f/1.4 1/125sec iso400
Kodak TriX 400
I met Michael when I was looking for another homeless guy, called John, who I document on a regular basis. Michael had taken John's turf so I asked him where John was and he told me he didn't know John. I didn't believe him.
So I sat and spoke to him for a while and he told me he had been kicked out of the house by his family and was living on the streets for a while. He pointed out that this wasn't his usual predicament and I did believe that as his clothes are all clean and reasonably new.
He had obviously been slashed in the past and the scar remains visible from his left eye to his left ear.
I asked if I could take his picture and he agreed as long as I could help him out a bit as he was starving. So I took a few shots and dropped him 20 bucks and he chummed me down the lane and went off to get some food.
The falls plunges more than 1400 ft through a series of cascades and separate falls.Michael Peak is to the right of the falls and the Emerald glacier that feeds the falls is situated south of The President,as seen from the Wapta Highline Trail after reaching Yoho Pass.The Wapta Highline Circuit circles Emerald Lake and gains and loses 2940 ft of elevation in a 12.4 mile circuit in Yoho National Park British Columbia.
Michael Rother - Take the A-Train Musicfestival 2021, 18.09.2021 - Jazzit Musik Club Salzburg
www.jazzfoto.at/konzertfotos21/_take_the_a_train/_tag3/mi...
Besetzung:
Michael Rother: guitar, electronics
Franz Bargmann: guitar
Hans Lampe: drums
I can't believe it's been 25 years already since Michael Hutchence left this world. A beautiful & precious soul gone much too soon... 💔
We miss you so much, Michael! RIP
I found this comforting poem on "The Michael Hutchence Memorial" site:
michaelhutchence.org/memorial/funeral/
His sister Tina Hutchence read it at his funeral (in a slightly different form):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuHUHXOofwo
at 35:54
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Not so long ago I came across this report published by Jeanette Leech (uDiscover) and I think she nailed it:
www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/michael-hutchence-sex-god-...
In German/auf Deutsch:
Bericht über Michael Hutchence, publiziert von Jeanette Leech (uDiscover), und ich finde, sie hat es total auf den Punkt gebracht:
www.udiscover-music.de/popkultur/michael-hutchence-sexsym...
- not my photo, just my editing -