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This is Dana he is my first stranger from the 100 Stranger project. I felt a bit odd, but he had come to my door and asked me to move my truck, then later his friend came over for some water. SO, I asked him and he volunteered Dana. It was easier then I thought it would be. I learned that he is a father to 3 boys ( a set of twins 7). I went to High School with his wife. They are very friendly and he said they would be around tomorrow and dress better for Photos..LOL. 1 done only 99 more to go. I am naturally on the shy side and confronting new people is not easy at all , so I am so hoping this helps me break out of my shell... I am on my way....
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com"
Today I spotted my stranger while running errands on my lunch. I noticed this fabulous bright red and yellow hair and knew I'd have to ask her to participate. I swung back around through the Tim Horton's parking lot and rolled down my window to see if she was interested. She was beaming.
So, here's the thing.
Tara is from
Trenton. She was working at
Tim Horton's.
Taking out the
Trash. She was
Toking on her cigarette as I
Took her picture. :)
(that's alotta "T's", right?) :)
Thanks Tara. You are adorable and I love your hair. I'm sure I'll see you at Tim's again.
I met Aubrey outside our chemistry lab rooms, and when I saw her amazing freckles I couldn't leave without snapping a few.
check out more about the project: www.100Strangers.com/
she was part of a group of folks I know but I had never met her before. So glad she agreed to pose for me.
I walked into Giant Coffee for some mid-morning chai and was greeted with the most amazing smile. Meet Philip! :) He had such a warm presence that it made my day that much brighter, I got my tea and headed out. I made it to my car before I realized he would be a perfect stranger! I was hesitant to interrupt his work, but when I ran back in, the counter was clear and he was in the front adjusting the beautiful display of baked goods. Surprised to see me back, he asked if he forgot to give me something, and I quickly assured him that everything was fine, that I was just hoping to take his picture. He agreed immediately and took off his apron and asked where he should stand. I told him to go where ever he would like and proceeded to take quite a few shots. The one I chose was the last shot of the series and I loved his profile and mood so I went with it.
We had an inspiring conversation spurring from the moment I told him I was from San Francisco, and he let me know that he loves that city. We talked about the difference in cultural density between San Francisco and Phoenix. How he was a Phoenix native, but always loved the people who came out of San Francisco because of their fire and drive to initiate change. We spoke for a moment about the OCCUPY movement and that OccupyPhoenix was happening this weekend. We got on a kick about activism and he spoke about his involvement in a local organization called 1n10 that supports LGBTQ youth, being that it was around National Coming Out Day, he was able to hear the painful/inspiring stories of many youth that have come out and were kicked out of their homes in the area. I was grateful to hear there was an organization in Phoenix that existed as a support for them. I told him that it was challenging coming from the Bay Area, because there are still so many things I take for granted when it comes to community movements and general awareness. He told me to "keep my eyes open and my camera on, and I will find some amazing things hiding in Phoenix...."
So, I am taking Philip's advice and continuing on my search!
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com
Meet Sheng. Sheng is a recent graduate from San Francisco State University. Sheng just happened to be in Davis on the same day I was out and about with my camera. Sheng had just completed a job interview for a Social Service position and was feeling pretty good about the interview.
I met Sheng at a cross walk waiting for the light to change. I approached her and told her about my 100 Strangers Project. She was intrigued and flattered when I ask her to participate in my project. Unlike in Hannah's case (Stranger #36), Sheng wasn't in a rush and gave me as much time as I needed to create her portrait. Not wanting to hold her up any longer then I needed to, I quickly went to work and created her portrait. The lighting was a bit problematic, but all in all I'm please with the results. Sheng I hope you like this portrait we created as much as I do.
Thank you Sheng for taking part in my 100 Strangers Project.
This picture is #037 in my 100 Strangers Project. You can follow my progress in this project at Portraits by David 100 Strangers Project or Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This lady caught my and my wife's attention. She had a very unusual look. We had seen her a few stops on our tour of the Grand Canyon. Waiting in line for a tour bus, I caught this picture.
HÃ¥vard immediately struck me as a face to include in my project, but when I first saw him he was involved in a table tennis match with Joep - my Stranger #62; see comment photos -- so I was reluctant to ask for the shoot. However, both HÃ¥vard and Joep turned out to be really nice guys, and even invited us to play a double match against them.
It was mighty good fun, and even thoug we didn't talk a lot, I do know that HÃ¥vard is a pretty skilled table tennis player: they beat us 11 - 3 and 11-4. Easy match. After we finnished the game, I asked them both for a Strangers shot. HÃ¥vard here disputed whether he would qualify; he argued that now we actually knew each other a bit. I guess I agree, but then again, if you cannot include people you have started to know, I would have to chuck out all but a few from my project. That's what it is about, isn't it?
Anyways, I shot him from a downwards angle, with the green of the table tennis table as a bakcdrop, and I was quite satisfied with the shot. I hope you are to, HÃ¥vard, thanks!
After the last 10 (Strangers 51--60) shot at about 20-30mm focal length, I am doing my next ten with my fixed 50mm, at close crop.
This picture is #61 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com/
All my strangers can be seen in 100 Strangers set.
Un mio vecchissimo progetto che ha visto finalmente luce.
Ecco il comunicato stampa.
Leonard Cohen è stato ed è uno dei pochissimi autori di canzoni (inteso come singer/songwriter) ad entrare a far parte dell'immaginario collettivo anche di chi abitualmente non ascolta musica. Fateci caso: l'influenza della sua scrittura, il suo modo di cantare, hanno lasciato una traccia indelebile e capace di abbattere gli steccati imposti dai vincoli di genere e non solo. Ci sono tracce di Cohen ovunque: nelle canzoni, ovviamente, ma anche nella letteratura, nel cinema... Il suo impatto sulla cultura pop degli ultimi cinquant'anni è paragonabile, forse, soltanto a quello di Bob Dylan.
Dai REM agli U2, da Jeff Buckley fino a Nick Cave, da Antony and the Johnson a Rufus Wainwright , Pixies, Peter Gabriel e Sting, per non parlare delle versioni di De Andrè, Ornella Vanoni, le traduzioni di Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Giancarlo de Cataldo, sono tantissimi gli artisti ad aver rielaborato l'opera di Leonard Cohen. La compilation tributo Stranger Music (coprodotta da Friction/Punk Not Diet/Movimenta e 42 Records), e la serata del 10 aprile a Carpi, cerca di muoversi nel solco dei predecessori illustri senza, ovviamente, cercare di essere migliore (sarebbe impossibile) o peggiore, ma semplicemente tentando di fornire un ulteriore sguardo sulla produzione di Leonard Cohen. Uno sguardo diverso. "Nostro". Non a caso sia la scaletta della serata di Carpi che quella della compilation sono state compilate cercando di rappresentare il più ampio raggio possibile di estrazioni musicali differenti e, anche solo all'apparenza, distanti. Dalla musica elettronica al cantautorato di stampo più o meno classico, passando per la sperimentazione e l'indie rock, tutti gli artisti presenti in "Stranger Music" hanno accettato il confronto con l'opera di Leonard Cohen consapevoli di ritrovarsi ad avere a che fare con la storia della canzone d'autore tutta. Una sfida difficile che alcuni degli elementi chiave della scena underground nazionale hanno scelto di affrontare con rispetto e creatività , prendendosi il lusso di giocare con le composizioni originali e plasmarle nel modo più personale possibile Nata da un idea di Corrado Nuccini e Emiliano Colasanti la compilation verrà presentata a Carpi il 10 aprile 2009 all'auditorium San Rocco in una serata dove parteciperanno molti degli artisti coinvolti. Per quell'occasione sarà online www.cohenpedia.com
Una sorta di sito aperto (da qui il richiamo a wikipedia del nome) dove sarà possibile scaricare i contenuti del limitatissimo CD (distribuito in esclusiva proprio durante la serata di Carpi) più le versioni di altri artisti rimasti fuori, per motivi di minutaggio ed esigenze di scaletta, dalla tracklist "tradizionale" Lasciando aperta agli utenti la possibilità di proporre le proprie versioni anche non strettamente musicali (sono bene accette anche fotografie, illustrazioni, racconti... ovviamente nel segno di Cohen) ed arricchire ulteriormente il progetto.
Un'operazione al passo con i tempi, ambiziosa ed al tempo stesso volutamente alla portata di tutti.
Questa la scaletta del CD:
Stranger Music. A tribute to Leonard Cohen
Schonwald - Who By Fire
Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica - Diamonds in The Mine
albanopower - A Singer Must Die
His Clancyness - Bird On A Wire
Mickey Eats Plastic - Lover, Lover, Lover
El Muniria - Is This What You Wanted?
Finn - So Long Marianne
Gismondi & Nuccini (feat Pillow) - Famous Blue Raincoat
Wolther Goes Stranger - I'm Your Man
Father Murphy - There Is a War
Death In Donut Plains - Theacers
Emidio Clementi - Come dice le poesie
Luca Giovanardi - Chelsea Hotel #2
Giancarlo Frigieri - The Partisan
Arbdesastr - Stories of the Street
Musica da Cucina - Suzanne
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Stranger #1 Out of 100
Jo.
This is my first stranger for my 100 strangers project. I have been wanting to do this project for a while now but haven't had the guts to ask anyone. Until I came across this lovely lady :)
This is Jo who works in the Milton Keynes branch of a cosmetics shop called Lush.
She was very friendly and showed me how to use their products and let me and my friend sniff their new fresh face masks (Did I mention fresh!?).
After leaving the shop I convinced myself to ask her for a picture, she didn't mind at all and seemed interested in the project.
I also gave her my Moo card before leaving.
So if you're reading this Jo, thanks alot. Hope you like the picture :)
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"This picture is #1 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com"
Update: 102 Views :) Thanks!
Meet Lynn. A senior, History Major, attending UCD. Lynn will be graduating this year and has plans to travel the world. Her travels will ultimately take her to Korea where she will teach English. Lynn is excited and can't wait for her journey to begin.
I met Lynn as I was walking east up F street, as she was walking west down F street in Davis earlier today. It was obvious that Lynn was in a hurry to get to her destination, but I had to stop her and introduce myself. I asked her if she had a minute to spare for budding photographer in need of her portrait. This got her to stop, and by the look on her face she couldn't believe what she just heard or she just didn't understand what I was saying. I quickly handed her my calling card and explained myself more fully. I told her about my 100 Stranger Project and asked her if she had time to assist me. To my delight Lynn was happy to help me out. As we spoke, I created a few portraits of her and this is my favorite.
Thank you Lynn for taking part in my 100 Strangers Project.
This picture is #017 in my 100 Strangers Project. You can follow my progress in this project at Portraits by David 100 Strangers Project or Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Stranger number 4! This lady is from Mallorca and was outside sweeping the dust from her porch at 10.05am on a beautiful summer morning. She was smiling and whistling as she swept. Her name is Ignacion - and she was thrilled about having her photo taken.
This is Jimmy rushing back to work. It was noon and the sun was hitting pretty hard. Nonetheless, he was really kind and let me take a few pictures of him. I saw this particular one on my camera display and I thought I had a winner; however, when I displayed it on my monitor I could see a lot of white and purple spots on his forehead and nose (that you can see if you magnify the color version, or look at the example in the comments section). I didn't know what it was until I realized that he was perspiring and the purple spots were the sweat droplets that had become like a million reflections of the sun, therefore blowing out the whites. I'm guessing that it's also possible that the camera let in too much light because of the amount of black in the picture (skin and shirt) which made it think it was a shadowy scene? It took me a lot of work to correct most of the spots. This is my first encounter with such a thing, I had to Google it to figure out what it was. Anyway, I learned that next time I go out on a very bright day, I'll have to watch out for reflections and use a different aperture or underexpose the shot to avoid blown out whites. Thanks Jimmy for the pictures and the opportunity to learn something new!
This picture is #26 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 passed Dominique in the street two or three times before she stopped me to chat about the charity she was representing. I told her right from the start I didn't want to join the charity and she asked me about my photography. I said I photographed strangers and was doing a 100 stranger project. She asked why I hadn't photographed her and I, of course took some portraits and promised to e-mail them to her.
This picture is #96 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 page of the blog is dedicated to a new project that I have christened ‘Stranger Awareness’.
The purpose of this project is to capture images of people going about their everyday lives, whether it be commuting, eating lunch or being stuck at work. My objective is to create something interesting from these scenes, whilst also providing a distraction, albeit momentary, to the subjects daily routine. The images will eventually be displayed in a forthcoming exhibition.
All of the subjects photographed are strangers to me.
Tim is a cool guy. A former band member (drummer), he was happy to chat to me about the current state of music whilst I prattled on about how the bands of today … blah blah blah … sounding just like the old man stuck in the 1980s I have become. Tim has excellent taste in music - its just a shame he has such poor taste in football teams. We spoke about some shared likes of bands - from The Beatles to Green Day, with a healthy dose of Metallica stuck in for good measure. Current pop music tends not to interest either of us. Tim sports a tattoo of his former band's logo. He wears it as a reminder of that part of his life. The band never really got anywhere, but he will always have that experience, and something to remind him. Good on ya lad.
Tim was happy to chat, but not too happy about posing for a picture - too cool for school. He graciously allowed me one shot for my 100 Strangers project. I messed it up. I'd had the camera set with a slow shutter speed from my previous picture taking session whilst I was trying to get creative with some motion blur. NOT what we want for a stranger. Tim very kindly allowed me to take another - happy to help, just doesn't seem all that comfortable in front of the lens. I just went for automatic exposure with direct flash. Not perfect but I knew the shot has to be right. Thank you Tim. He hadn't heard of Flickr so may not find the 100 strangers project page on Flickr, but hopefully he'll get to see this image from the 100 strangers site itself.
I really enjoyed meeting Tim. He's the kind of guy I'd liked to have been friends with had we been born in the same era. Intelligent, articulate and has a love of good music. A football fan and a nice guy. My kind of person. Just a shame, as I say, about that football team of his. I'll forgive him. Now I'm off to listen to The White Album or The Black Album.
This picture is #17 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
Meet Wayne. Wayne is a street musician who was quietly singing, almost as if to himself, on the corner of Broadway and 3rd. I told him about my 100 Strangers project and then about the photowalk that I was on and asked if I could take a shot. He said he didn't mind and even if he did, it wasn't like he could get up to stop me. With such levity displayed, I took my shot and dropped a few dollars into his jar. I asked him if he'd been in Nashville long. Wayne responded that he had been here for three years, performing every day on the street. To my mind, three years is an awfully long time to be out on the street, relying on the kindness of strangers to provide for yourself. After inquiring a little further, Wayne related that he had actually been a street performer for almost twenty years and had spent most of his time in Boston and New York, playing near subway entrances and the like. He had meandered down to Nashville because the "people are nicer" and they don't vomit on his shoes all the time. Unlike most of the other street performers that I observed, Wayne genuinely enjoys the music that he plays and sings. He plays not necessarily for others, but primarily because he delights in it. Wayne was a pleasure to speak to, even though our conversation ran rather longer than most and he probably lost a few dollars in the process.
Check out the rest of the set here!
the fourth of july, my cousin and i went to six flags.. on our way out i ran into this fun group of girls. (there were only three at the time) i asked for their pic and they invited their entire crew. they look like an awesome crowd, i'm sure they had a blast at six flags.
This picture is #9 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
Located in Stranger, Texas. Stranger is such a small, small town, you may just be looking at all of it as you view this picture...lol.
Friday at noon, I took 1 hour to buy a new pants. Ok, it's quite long enough, so I brought my camera with me. I did my shopping stuff in 15 min ! Quite efficient ! Now Let's hunt for strangers ! It's my third session, still in Caen. I go toward the Place Saint-Sauveur. I like this place. I see that guy. He looks sympathic so I ask him spontaneously ! Nice. I introduce my project, take my picture, and then... say goodbye and continue on my way ! I really have to improve my talking skills. Maybe I'm still too nervous. Anyway. Thank you for the shot Alexandre !
... and she is Mandy!
When I told them the story about the 100 strangers Mandy showed me a business card of a friend that started as an amateur photographer, working for free for a long time (this is an old known story ...) but having the tenacity of advertise her work more or less everywhere: Facebook, Flickr and so many other places till the day something suddenly happened and now she's an appreciated photographer in Germany.
Her name is Antje Kroeger, you can find her on Facebook too.
Mandy finished her studies, he worked for some years in the public relations sector but he decided at some point that the salary was not worth and she's looking for a new job. This brought us to talk about the global economic situation and both Mandy and Thomas told me that Germany is not a paradise as someone say.
Thank you so much Mandy for participating in my project!
This picture is #16 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
My first outing on the streets of Cardiff and I saw this lady making portraits at a mobile studio next to the Cardiff story museum. She was using a Mamiya 7 film camera and doing a great job for the Cardiff International Photography Festival. When she didn't have any subjects, I approached her and we talked photography for a while. Kirsty is now based in Bristol and uses various cameras, including the X100 I used for this shot. She was happy to pose for my 100 strangers shot.
This picture is #140 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
Meet Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a 3rd year Biology major studying at UCD.
I meet Elizabeth during one of my many walks in Davis. It was Elizabeth's long auburn hair that first caught my attention. I introduced myself, told her about my 100 Strangers Project and asked her if she'd mind participating in my project. With a smile on her face she agreed and we created this this portrait together.
Usually during my stranger encounters I take detailed notes, but for some reason I can't recall, my notes for Elizabeth are lacking many details. I realize the correct thing to do is not to post this portrait until I can get my details together. Unfortunately, since I don't always do the right thing - I decided to post this portrait anyway because I just like it. My apologies to Elizabeth and to anyone else that cares.
Thank you Elizabeth for taking part in my 100 Strangers Project.
This picture is #052 in my 100 Strangers Project. You can follow my progress in this project at Portraits by David 100 Strangers Project or Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This picture is #42 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
I wanted Ivy to be in my project as she photographed so well even with her comments " Dont take the picture so close !! "
Being a Devon Girl she is a sprirted person with a lovely kind personality - Vivacious in everyway; Ivy has been married to her husband ( Tony ) for 50 years as they have just celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary
She lives in Plymouth enjoys Jaspers for breakfast plus walking around the Hoe – In her time she was a decent walker often out over the moors of Dartmoor. They are retired enjoying life in Plymouth and holidays abroad. She explained her daughter has just married ( I think ) a navel commander based at the Devon Dock with the Daughter high up in the CID of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
Thank you Ivy for being my #42 Stranger and most welcome into this project.
The One Hundred Strangers project is a learning group for people who want to improve the social and technical skills needed for taking portraits of strangers and telling their stories. The method is learning by doing.
Still on my photowalk round Reigate yesterday, I was heading towards the skate park to get some action shots when I saw Mia walking along with her little 2 year old, Thomas. I explained the project and she agreed. She also said that she didn't think that she was good in front of a camera but I think she did great.
Having two youngsters myself, we were both keeping half an eye on young Thomas who toddled around unconcerned while this strange man shot pictures of his mommy. He gave me a lovely 'goodbye' when we were done. Lovely boy!
Thanks Mia for a great picture.
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Not much about her, busy lady who has lived in Philly her whole life and works at the post office. I walked past her when I noticed her so I doubled back and caught up to her. Very friendly lady with a great smile.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
This is Chastity, my first photo of a stranger as part of the group 100 Strangers www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/ . Chastity sat by me during the Go-Gos concert at Austin's Paramount Theater. The camera nazis were out in full force telling us to quit snapping photos of the band. Other venues and artists now welcome the snaps, so it seemed rather silly. I enjoyed seeing Chastity snap away, then look around for the camera Nazis to step in, then snap some more when they didn't. I liked her tattoos as well, so I got her to show them off.
I've arrived early in the morning at Hat Yai station for my return trip to Penang. I only stayed two nights but I took a lot of photos and had a lot of fun.
The train that is called the Bangkok Butterworth Express lets off quite a few passengers at Hat Yai. I think they leave a few carriages behind and only a couple continue on to Butterworth. If you pick up the train at Hat Yai you don't get a confirmed seat. You have to trust that there will be a spare, otherwise you may have to stand for the entire trip.
When I got into the carriage there was a young woman there who had just boarded and like me wasn't sure where to find a seat. We decided to look together. Most of the seats were still made up as bunks and most of the passengers were still sleeping. Eventually we found two empty seats facing each other and made ourselves comfortable for the journey. We introduced ourselves and spent an enjoyable time chatting. After a while I invited Kitty to participate in the 100 Strangers project.
Kitty's family live in the Hat Yai-Songkla district in southern Thailand. For the moment she is living in Bangkok where she works marketing fashion jewellery. She likes to travel as it gives her inspiration for her work. After visiting her family in Hat Yai she was travelling on to Penang where she was met by a friend and would later travel on to Kuala Lumpur before returning to Bangkok.
We did a lot of chatting during the journey. Like so many Thais, Kitty is a friendly person and we've stayed in touch since—no longer strangers.
As we sat opposite each other on this train for several hours I took the opportunity to get a few shots of Kitty including some candids. The shot above and a couple of candids that I'll link to in comments were all taken with my Lumix G2 and Leica 45mm f2.8 lens.
This picture is #14 in my 100 Strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers group.
My 100 Strangers set.
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Recently I've been loitering around the Black Garter pub in Newcastle. Not because I fancy a pint at 10am in the morning, but because there are always interesting looking characters that hang around there.
They've recently put tables, chairs and brollies outside the pub so I thought I'd be brave and ask one of the drinkers to be my stranger. Jamie kindly and shyly agreed. He was having a pint with his sister having just finished a shift as a security guard at Newcastle College.
'Have you ever had to deck any of the students?' I asked.
'Nahh, they're quite canny,' he smiled, 'They sometimes just get a bit drunk.'
Jamie had an array of tattoos on his muscly arms - most of them made reference to people he cared about. 'James' - his dad, 'Jane' - someone who he described as a 'being like a surrogate mother to me' and 'mam' - one he'd done himself when he was 14.
Jamie was such a quiet, gentle, shy young bloke. I'd made assumptions about him in my mind with his 'tough' look, but after a brief chat, I soon realised I was completely wrong.
'Is he a canny brother?' I asked his sister.
'Oh aye,' she replied proudly, 'he's a smashin' lad. '
Jamie - thank you so much for taking the time to help me with the project. Hope you like the photos :)
Jamie 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
Jeff was another random person on the street at SparkCon in Raleigh, a local downtown arts festival. I thought he looked cool and asked for a photo. We chatted for a couple minutes about the cool stuff to see and moved on.
Jeff is #29 in my 100 strangers Project www.100strangers.com
On this brisk winter afternoon I saw a person dressed in a heavy coat on a lonely basketball court. He was dribbling a basketball up and down the court. I asked him why he was playing basketball by himself and he said it’s because he needed to get in shape for a recreation team that he was joining with his boss.
Erwin is studying nursing at Montgomery College in Rockville. He used to attend Prince Georges Community College, but he didn’t give his best effort there and decided that he needed a change of scenery. He told his mother that this time he would pay for his own tuition, in hopes that this would help motivate him to be a better student and get his life in order. So far he is enjoying his studies and is doing much better.
To support himself, Erwin is working at a warehouse in Baltimore where he repairs cell phones. The money he earns goes towards his education and rent for his mother.
This picture is #82 in my 100 Strangers Project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
This is picture 3 of 100 in my 100 strangers project.
I have seen in movies and heard from my parents about how, years back, you could win a Goldfish at the Carnival. When I was young I never came across a game at the Carnival in which a Goldfish was a prize. Well, guess what, its totally true....you can win a Goldfish at the Carnival and Jack is the man that runs that game.
When you meet Jack you Immediately get the sense that you are talking to a genuinely nice guy, and you are. Jack is very quick with a smile and seems to enjoy laughing and telling it like it is.
I approached Jack and explained the 100 Strangers project and he quickly agreed to let me take his picture. Jack has been with the Carnival for two seasons and said he really enjoys his work. In the past he has been a railroader so he must like to travel and I found out he also enjoys cooking for his fellow employees. The way he smiled when he talked about his cooking I got the feeling he would jump at the chance to work his magic in a kitchen full time.
After I took a few shots of Jack I was checking what I had and he said they would all look the same no matter how many I took......bad.....I disagree Jack , and I hope you like the one I chose to use. I see a friendly guy with a warm smile who brightens a lot of peoples day when they visit your booth. Thank you for letting me capture that and I hope your wife likes it as well.
Meet Jack, stranger #3 in my 100 Strangers Project.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
287/365 14th Oct Lou (100 Strangers #37) ! A random act of kindness from a stranger made my day. Taking photos today at a Hedgelaying Comp being held at the UK Ploughing Championship at Bishops’s Lydeard Nr Taunton, after very heavy rain fair to say it was very muddy and cold I happened to say to Lou (a stranger to me) who was there watching her husband compete that my feet were freezing in my boots due to not having the right socks . About an hour later Lou found me and presented me with a pair of thermal walking socks she had purchased from a stall for me. She is #37 in my 100 Strangers Project thanks Lou for the kindness and the toasty toes for the rest of the day. href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/">www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
This picture is #30 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
Well I've made it to 30. Nearly a third of the way there. I've mentioned before that I've not had much luck with approaching male strangers and when I saw Sam sitting there enjoying a roll up he looked quite unapproachable. But I've been determined to get a bit more variety so I pressed on. I'd just taken a rather sarcastic rejection from another guy a few mins before and I think I was still smarting from that so I was very pleased when Sam gave a huge friendly smile and said sure.
Truth be told I don't think I got as good a shot as I'd have liked here. I like the pose but I cut off his hands and should have gone either closer or further away to get a more defined composition. But it's a great smile and I'm happy with the lighting and focus so its not all bad.
I gave Sam my card and he told me he's also on Flickr so hope to see you on here Sam. Thanks so much for agreeing to be my 30th stranger!
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