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As I was heading out to grab some lunch today, I decided to bring my camera along, determined to continue and finish this project started years ago.....
After being done with my meal, I started walking up and down the streets around the Subway I just ate at for about 30 mins or so. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anybody ''interesting enough'' to shoot. I was then ready to head back to work when I noticed, from far away, this young lady sitting on a bench by herself.
I did not want to bother her at first as she seemed to be talking to someone over the phone. I began looking at her out of the corner of my eyes (hopefully in a non creepy way) hoping she'd be done with her call soon. I approached her as soon as she became available which luckily, happened not long after. She was really opened about this and the only question she asked me was what I was going to do with the photo.
Meet Sakina, a 20 year old part time student who looks effortlessly beautiful.
She is part time in school and works part time as an assistant in a home help services company. Turns out, we do not work very far away from one another. I'll probably run into her sometime again in the future.
Thank you Sakina for participating in my project!
I am emailing you your photo right now.
This picture is #03 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
Hi, I met Catherina at Westfields in Sydney CBD at a prominent shopping mall - Myers.
She went there to work. And before her work would start I approached her for the project and she happily came along. We discussed about her family overseas, her favorite actors and her family and parents.
If you are interested about the whole episode, please head over to my website following this link as it contains much more information and many more images.
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(Constructive) Criticism is welcome as usual
This picture is #46 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
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There were people everywhere on the city street, but the stranger could not have been more alone if it were empty.
Markus Zusak
tones: Isabelle Lafrance and Bärbel's PS/PSE actions
texture: flypaper
happy friday ♥
Stranger #57 – Insaf
Insaf was sitting with a friend of hers. I asked her if she’d like to take part in my challenge and she agreed.
Insaf is an undergraduate student in economy from Morocco. She studies micro economy, macro economy, statistics. “Covid has slowed my life down It has slowed my studies down. I model sometimes and I’d like to keep modelling that or have 10,000 children, no I hope not. I like photography, I like showing people beauty, I like travelling seeing different people.”
Insaf was at ease and a real professional model, varying her poses and waiting until I’d taken a picture before moving again. It was a real pleasure to meet her get to shoot with her.
Thank you very much Insaf!
This picture is #57 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
This is my 52nd submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit The Human Family Flickr Group page
Insaf était assise avec une amie à elle. Je lui ai demandé si elle voulait participer à mon défi et elle a accepté.
Insaf est étudiante en licence d’économie, elle vient du Maroc. Elle étudie la micro économie, la macro économie, les statistiques. “Le covid m’a ralentit dans ma vie, ça a ralentit mes études. Je fais du mannequinat, j’aimerais continuer à faire du mannequinat, ça ou avoir 10000 enfants, non j’espère pas. J’aime la photographie. J’aime montrer la beauté, voyager, voir des gens différents.
Insaf était très à l’aise, une modèle très professionelle, elle a su varier les poses et attendre que j’ai pris une photo avant de bouger. C’était un vrai plaisir de faire se connaissance et de la prendre en photo.
Merci beaucoup Insaf!
Cette photo est la #57 dans mon projet 100 strangers. Apprenez-en plus au sujet du projet et visionnez les photos prises par d’autres photographes sur la page Flickr du groupe 100 Strangers
C’est ma 52ème participation au groupe The Human Family. Pour voir plus de portraits de rue et d’histoires, visitez la page Flickr du groupe The Human Family
Homeless man and his dog, Heidi. Forgot to ask for his name. This is a recurring theme with me ... Must remember next time ...
I was cursing the dark tunnel where he was sat at the time but I like how the photos turned out once converted to black and white ...
This picture is #66 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
When I asked Kirsty if she would pose for a portrait she asked all about the project and gave it a lot of thought. It often surprises me how few people do this. She then told me that she works as a researcher in the education sector so that explains the analytical approach.
I took a couple of pictures and I like this one the best, though I'll post one or two more when I get a chance. I really liked her eye catching style!
Thanks Kirsty and a special thanks to her friend who not only gave her the encouragement to agree to my request but then made faces at her to get this wonderful smile!
Stranger #85 – Bailey – I spotted her in downtown Santa Barbara, California, where she was sitting on a bench. Her nice get-up and - especially - the hat immediately caught my attention. I approached her and asked for a photo. Bailey was slightly surprised but she happily agreed when I explained the project. We moved a few meters and I took a few shots. State Street can be quite busy and there was traffic on the pavement, but I managed to take an incredible portrait ;) We chatted a bit and she turned out to be an extremely friendly person. I hope you like the final result :)
This picture is #85 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
Stranger #76 – Kornel – I spotted him in the centre of Wrocław, Poland where his get-up immediately caught my attention. I approached him, asked for a photo and he instantly agreed. I started explaining the project anyway but Kornel interrupted me and told me he is a photographer himself :) We moved a few meters towards the shadows and I took a few pictures as usual. I’m happy with the result and I think Kornel’s very serious expression really makes this portrait great :)
This picture is #76 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 visited Nottingham’s Highfields Park with the sole intention of approaching people to photograph for my stranger’s project. As I took a walk around the lake, a young lady came towards me. As our paths crossed, I stepped forward an introduced the project to her. Zuzanna didn’t need to be persuaded to say yes to being photographed.
The only useable backdrop was a dark tree that didn’t have any light coming through its leaves. Zuzanna’s turquoise top contrasted nicely with the darker greens of the foliage. Zuanna’s dark hair has blended into the background a little, but there is separation between her hair and the leaves.
Zuzanna is a student and she is from Poland.
I asked Zuzanna what her guilty pleasure was, and she told me it was watching Friends over and over again.
Thank-you Zuzanna for agreeing to being photographed for my 100 Stranger Project. I hope you like your portrait.
This picture is number 311 in my 100 Strangers project, yes, I’ve decided to do a fourth round. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This is my 283rd submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/
"Beautiful blue eyes!" - Rafee H.
highly recommended to be viewed large on black
The plastic curtain meant to hide construction works provided a perfect 'bokeh' defocus so much sought after in portraits and achieved through expensive optics or clever software effects. This made me point my phone and snap the shot, unfortunately the 'effect' only goes half-way down the frame, then you see unnecessarily sharp background detail :(
This is Benjamin.
A flutter of butterflies.
A mob of kangaroos.
A murmuration of starlings.
What do you call a group of Santas?
I should have asked Benjamin. He might have known.
Benjamin was acting as a marshall at the Bicester Santa Fun Run 2013. I'm not quite sure what his actual duties included, but he seemed like he was doing a good job of keeping the Santas in order.
In his younger days, Benjamin always dreamt of being an inventor. Now he's hoping to study English at university. Good luck Benjamin.
This picture is #65 in my 100 strangers project. See the rest of my 100 strangers pictures here. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Taken in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England on 22/12/2013
So this is stranger #4 :)
I've been at the beach all day soaking the rare scandinavian sun. So when I finally got around to take my daily portrait it was 9.30 in the evening. Non the less I picked out this fine man from afar! I truly have a thing for beards! He wanted to know what the project was about. So I told him and he agreed :) Afterwards we talked a little about beards - how I like to grow mine until they drives me nuts - He got inspired to grow his just like the bass player of his favourite band.
I promise that my next portrait will be beardless ;)
Also my last portrait got explored - this is the first time I've tried that!! I'm kind of very excited about that :)
This picture is #4 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 am a beacon!”
I’d just had back to back refusals, so I was really pleased when Sarah said “Yes”. She was willing to cross the road to a nearby bench for the photos.
I noticed she had a “Claire’s Accessories” lanyard and asked if she worked there. She did. I then asked if she knew Mimi [who was working at the same store when I met her a year ago] and Sarah smiled confirming that she did. It is not the first time that I have had that reaction about Mimi – she seems to have a positive effect on others.
I wondered if Sarah had finished her shift but she was on her lunch break. It seemed late to me as it was getting dark. It was 3pm, a cloudy day and the sun would be set in about an hour.
When Sarah and I finished making portraits, I said that I would probably see her again, now that I had met her once. She said “Yes. I am a beacon!”
Thank you Sarah for being part of my project. It was great to meet you.
Just in case you are interested in reasons for refusals… The first person I asked today said that she wasn’t at her best, she had not had much sleep the night before. I said that maybe I would have the opportunity at another time. The young man that I asked, looked to be in a hurry. I had been in two minds about asking him as the woman he had been with had gone in a direction that he had not expected, so he was probably wanting to catch up with her.
You can view more portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family
Kay and I headed in to Houston today to do a bit of wandering and on the way there decided to stop by a location where graffiti artist are welcome to create works of art, this is definitely not gang related graffiti. It has been quite a while since we have been by there and were so delighted to find this wonderful artist about to begin working on her project today. Her name is Natalia Victoria and this is the first mural project she has done. The soldier on the right is her brother who just finished serving in the Marines and the little girl on the left is her daughter. Natalia is not only talented but a really neat young lady and if was definitely our pleasure to meet her and see the project she is working on.
To find out more about the 100 strangers project and see pictures taken by other photographers check out www.100strangers.com/
The blue in Skevi’s hair caught my eye as I walked past a Nottingham pub. Skevi was sitting outside with her cousin, Angie (see my previous stranger). They were out celebrating Skevi’s birthday, which was the day after I met them.
I asked if it was ok for me to sit at their table to take my photographs of them as I wanted to be on eye-level with them as I feel this produces a much better picture than if I was looking down on them.
When I first approached them, Skevi declined saying she wasn’t in the right frame of mind to have her photograph taken. I told her she would change her mind after she watched me taking pictures of her cousin.
Skevi is a store manager and visual merchandiser for Damaged Society damagedsociety.co.uk/ When not working, Skevi enjoys getting tattooed and going to gigs. Skevi’s hobbies include DIY and upcycling old fashion and furniture. You can follow Skevi here: www.instagram.com/horror.creeep/
What inspires Skevi? “Anything dark, medieval and gothic,” she said, then added, “if it has to be a person it would be the Witch-king from The Lord of the Rings.”
What can’t Skevi live without? “My new rocks,” she replied with a smile.
If I could grant Skevi a wish what would it be for? “Money not to exist and the world to be equal,” she said.
Thank-you Skevi for saying yes to being photographed for my stranger project. I hope you like your portrait.
This picture is number 518 in my 100 Strangers project, yes, I’ve decided to do a sixth round. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This is my 480th submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/
I wasn’t surprised when Sophie told me that she and her partner, Jon, enjoy Cosplay. I had been walking around the shopping centre in Birmingham for some time looking for someone interesting to photograph. I had just been thinking that it would be good to find someone with different make-up, when I spotted Sophie.
Sophie has just completed a degree in Art and enjoys illustration. He favourite medium is fine pens. She and Jon like to attend the Comic Con conventions, in costume. They showed me a photo and the outfits were very impressive.
I had already spotted somewhere to take the photos. There was some construction work going on and the scaffolding outside Boots provided some shade from the intermittent early afternoon sun. After making portraits with Sophie, I asked Jon if he would be happy to take part too. I took some shots of him, then of the couple together.
Thank you Sophie for being part of my project. It was great to meet you and Jon today.
You can view more portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family
I met this wonderful lady named Yuri near Townhall at Sydney CBD.
Apart from working she also loves doing fashion photography for for uni. Born in Philippines moved to Australia for studies.
If you are interested about the whole episode, please head over to my website following this link as it contains much more information and many more images.
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(Constructive) Criticism is welcome as usual
This picture is #24 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
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Back in '72 Johnny and four friends had been at Glastonbury festival. They had seen that Hawkwind were on stage. The lights were green, the band were wearing green and someone offered them some green acid. Johnny and one of his friends had taken the acid.
The next day Johnny had gone up Glastonbury Tor with this friend. Today Johnny had come up the Tor again. His friend died 6 months ago. Johnny was on a pilgrimage, to remember him.
Johnny enjoys photography and offered to take a photo of my after we had made portraits of him. He had not brought his camera up the Tor and offered to take a photo with my camera but then decided to do it with his phone.
Thank you Johnny for taking part in my project today. It was good to meet you. Best wishes.
You can view more portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family
A Stranger - 30 Seconds Project
All about the idea of this project can be read here:
Carl Zeiss Interview - English
f4.0 − 1/40 - ISO500 - No Flash - Nikon D800 - Nikon 105mm F2 D DC
André (stranger 100).
Today is the last day for the shoemaker in the mall. He quits; making shoes is not enough money to make. Today his children come along who know nothing but that their father is a shoemaker. And now something else, saying goodbye to old customers, cleaning up, a week's holiday and then other work. What? He doesn't know that yet, there are some pots on the fire. A craftsman leaves. I was allowed to take a picture in front of the entrance to his workshop. Thanks Andre.
This is the 100th photo of my 3rd round of the 100strangers project.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the group 100 Strangers | Flickr: www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
(Mike Tyson)
stranger things
The Stranger
Hitchiker: Eden Sierotnik
Driver: Bojana Ilic-Bojitt
Passenger: Jessica McDonald
MU/Styling: Jaime Dahms
Photographer: Bill Whitmire
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It’s been a while since I’ve done any real kind of street photography so a day out with the Welshot bunch and Mark Scholey wasn’t to be missed. The day was very different for me (and a little terrifying) as one of the challenges was to interact and take a portrait of a complete stranger. The first time I tried it, it was a nightmare but it really was surprising how friendly and open the majority of people are into having their photos taken by a complete stranger.
For more information about Welshot Imaging see:
At the end of the day we even had 20 minutes spare to walk around Afflecks, a place I’ve not been into for around 25 years. For more information about Afflecks see their site:
Having seen Peter just knock it out the park the day before in terms of approaching and photographing strangers, I was disappointed with my total of just 1. I had approached 3 people but had been rejected by 2.
I am guessing that subconsciously I wanted to get one more portrait since the next day when I went to my local coffee shop, I took my camera with me. After spending the morning there I headed back but went on a long route home. During this stroll I came across CJ and her dog.
I had seen CJ many times before as she lives on my road but had never spoken to her too. I took a guess that she was on her way home and walked ahead of her to pick my spot. As she
was about to walk past, I had my camera out partly to test the background but I was hoping to peak her interest too.
As she walked by, she said "I thought there would be a model by the door", I said "I am about to and its you!!"
CJ, (first name Claudia, second name a mystery) is 48 years old and originally from Columbia, Bogota to be exact. Having been there myself we were able to have a lovely conversation about her home country.
As you can see, she is a very striking lady and she said she was thinking about doing some modelling. As you can see, I think she will have no trouble on that front.
Originally I went in for the close headshot, but once I saw her dog standing there (could be a model itself), I asked her to go back to her spot and took a few more portraits.
Thank you so much for being a part of project CJ, Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
100 Strangers Flickr Group Page
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or visit my website
As always constructive criticism is appreciated.
Oh well, what are you gonna do? We're just too busy to deal with it at this point, so we'll just let it grow. And who knows.....perhaps we might actually find a use for this pesky weed at some point. Stranger things have happened! 😋
I saw him sitting with his smartphone and approached to say hello and ask for a portrait.
He said go ahead and after a couple of shots he joyfully opened his arms.
Aviv was on a short break, sitting outside the restaurant he is working as a cook. He was checking his messages and seemed to be needing this break from work.
I stayed just enough to find out that Aviv was born in Israel to Ethiopian parents who came in the 80s to Israel through Operation Moses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Moses
His message to the world is: "Love each other more !"
This is my 794th submission to The Human Family group.
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Stranger #32 – Katucia
The streets were busy on that Saturday, I saw Katucia in the crowd, I walked to her and asked her if she’d let me take her picture, completely oblivious to the fact that she was with friends. I got tunnel vision when I spotted her and hadn’t noticed she was part of a group. I asked her if she preferred yellow or red as a colour for a background and she said yellow, but red was closer and she didn’t have much time so she changed her mind. Katucia didn’t have much time, she’d sent her friend away, telling them she’d catch up with them.
Katucia works in human resources at the Caen jail. She helps the civil servants who work there with the specificities that can occur in jail. “I help them when they’re in trouble. I do what a social worker does at times. The most gratifying is helping people, being in touch with people.”
Thank you very much Katucia!
This picture is #32 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
This is my 27th submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit The Human Family Flickr Group page
Les rues étaient bondées le samedi où j’ai rencontré Katucia, je l’ai aperçu dans la foule. Je l’ai abordé et lui ai a demandé si elle m’autoriserait à la prendre en photo, sans avoir remarqué qu’elle était avec ses amies. Ma vision avait rétrécit lorsque je l’avais aperçu et je n’avais pas vu qu’elle faisait parti d’un groupe. J’ai demandé à Katucia si elle préférait un fond rouge ou jaune, elle m’a dit jaune mais le fond rouge était plus près et elle n’avait pas beaucoup de temps elle a donc choisi le rouge. Katucia n’avait pas beaucoup de temps. Elle avait dit à ses amies de partir sans elle, qu’elle les rattraperait.
Katucia travaille dans les ressources humaines à la maison d’arrêt de Caen. Elle aide les agents qui y travaillent avec les spécificités qu’il peut y avoir dans une maison d’arrêt. « J’aide les agents quand ils sont en difficultés, je fais un peu assistante sociale. Le plus gratifiant c’est d’aider les gens, le contact avec les gens. »
Merci beaucoup Katucia
Cette photo est la #32 dans mon projet 100 strangers. Apprenez-en plus au sujet du projet et visionnez les photos prises par d’autres photographes sur la page Flickr du groupe 100 Strangers
C’est ma 27ème participation au groupe The Human Family. Pour voir plus de portraits de rue et d’histoires, visitez la page Flickr du groupe The Human Family
Because sometimes it's good to just have fun with photography :)
This picture is #085 in my second round of the 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
I met Barbara and her friend Anna in the main square in Krakow. They made ideal additions to my stranger project. They confirmed that they were Polish, understood English and were happy for me to photograph them for my project.
Barbara seemed particularly excited. So I started with her.
We walked together a little until we found somewhere suitable to sit. Both young women smiled while I we chatted and made portraits. Barbara told me that she works locally as a waitress and enjoys painting. She likes to make illustrations of people.
Thank you Barbara for being such a willing subject today. It was good to meet you and Anna.
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the only interesting thing i saw in malibu was this bus
and an amazing skyline
so i walked over
and introduced myself
this guy was intimidating
but i needed to take his portrait
he goes by the name of busman
he said i could only take his portrait if i promised to email him a copy
busman gave up his home 11 years ago for life in his bus
and this bus is an old beauty
busman is stranger # 54
more strangers at www.100strangers.com
Koos had only been in Glastonbury a day. His partner, Floortje, had already been here a week. She had come for the Goddess Conference. The couple live in Amsterdam. Koos had made the journey on his motorbike. He had brought an extra helmet for Floortje, they will travel back together.
Koos teaches Argentine tango and yoga. Floortje has a studio where she teaches pole dancing. Koos was much taller than me and I had him sitting on a step for the portraits. As I turned on my camera it displayed the message “no space on card”. I had a spare card with me so I quickly switched them over, while Koos waited patiently. The original card was empty and it might have worked by removing it and putting it back but I figured why take the chance?
After photographing Koos, I asked the couple if they would like a photo together. They arranged themselves very nicely for a portrait. After this we exchanged words of thanks and goodbyes.
Floortje would have made a lovely subject for my project too but I felt that I had interrupted the couple long enough. Also I had a long walk home ahead of me. Perhaps this was why I didn’t ask if she would like to be in my project too? I am not sure. I felt in need of hydration too. I’d walked from home across the fields, been up and down the Tor and hadn’t worn a hat today (because it was overcast).
Thank you Koos for being part of my project. It was great to meet you and Floortje today. I am sure that you will enjoy your time in Glastonbury. Best wishes to you both.
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Newport Transport acquired seven of these impressive Alexander Royale-bodied Volvo Olympians from Lothian in 2009. Their centre doors were retained, and whilst intended predominantly for school contract work, they often ventured on to local bus services, particularly on Mondays to Fridays. Newport must have been impressed with their standard of paintwork because the madder in the Lothian livery was simply overpainted by brunswick green. They even retained their Lothian fleetnumbers.
Whilst they were usually confined to city services, it was a pleasant surprise to come across 266 in Cwmbran in March 2012, when she was being employed on Service 29 from Newport via Caerleon and Ponthir.