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There aren't many stranger things than a Flamingo - especially it's amazing beak.
I was lucky enough to have a close encounter with these amazing birds yesterday during a tour of the EVOA Tagus Estuary reserve near Lisbon. Apparently they don't normally come this close to the hide. There were about 300 of them.
They were so close that I could hear them filter feeding, which sounded like a small child doing a frantic doggy paddle!
Greater Flamingo.
Approached her while she was listening to music. You can see her hand reaching for her headphones.
Part of my Portraits of Strangers set.
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If you are intrigued by this stranger street portrait, I invite you to check out my other 213 stranger encounters in my 100 Stranger albums.
A track I recorded and photo I took. The photo was taken on Dartmoor. Listen to more here -www.pond5.com/collections/2035548-music
Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,
You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me
as of a dream,)
I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you,
All is recall'd as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate,
chaste, matured,
You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl with me,
I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours
only nor left my body mine only,
You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass, you
take of my beard, breast, hands, in return,
I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or
wake at night alone,
I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again,
I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
By Walt Whitman
1819-1892
Chelsea is a teaching assistant, so gets 6 weeks off in the summer. Unfortunately she has spent the first 4 of these in bed with whooping cough. She has been watching lots of Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Chelsea enjoys comedy and has watched loads of British stand-up over the last month. Later in the year Chelsea is going to a meet and greet with Jack Whitehall, she is really looking forward to it.
Chelsea had come in to the High Street with 2 friends. She really needed to get out, after spending so much time indoors with her illness. At school, Chelsea looks after year 5's. She says they are really chatty. They are into stuff like twitter too.
I wondered what Chelsea liked to do when fit. She told me that she enjoys adventure and had planned to visit Massachusetts. The doctors would not allow her to fly though.
I met Chelsea in CeX, when I was returning a faulty lens. I was waiting to be served and she was waiting for someone else in the queue. Thankfully my sales assistant finished serving me before her friend was ready. I didn’t really expect Chelsea to say “yes” as she had been waiting for her friend a long time.
When Chelsea said yes, I suggested that we go outside and then to the opposite side of the street, where there was some shade. Chelsea seemed very comfortable in front of the camera and I wondered if she had done this kind of thing before. She told me that she is an only child and that her dad used to photograph her a lot.
Thank you Chelsea for being part of my project it was great to meet you.
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11/ Containment period.
A member of Jahjouka band music who played before with Rolling Stones.
Kygo - Like it is ft Zara larsson & Tyga 🎧❤️
The earth is going through a hard time now where a virus touch almost the whole world. The majority of countries are under lockdown, and stick everyone in their home.
I will take advantage of this quarantine and try to share every day a picture with you throughout this period where we could discuss different subjects…
Inchaelah everything will be alright as soon as possible.
I always had the power of seeing something different in people. I had the idea of creating this project in 2014 when I realize I’m shooting a lot of portraits for my friends, clients, people on the street… So I transformed this passion into an artistic project where my goal wasn’t take just average pictures of strangers, but make portraits of them that reveals something.
It’s an on-going project which I want to take 100 portraits stories.
This picture is #61 in my 100 strangers project.
This picture is #61 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
The latest member of those to be photographed in the 100 strangers project was seen in leather gilet and beret, all highly photogenic, a very friendly and helpful man just retuned from the store to get some suplies in these lock down times. Suitably distanced to photograph when he was nearly home, many thanks.
I really enjoyed catching up with Peter (aka Urban Scot) this weekend and after he had bagged his first stranger the pressure was on to get in the game.
Luckily i did not have to wait to long as I saw Kiefer sitting having a cigarette break outside "The Stage Door" on Archer Street. He had a relaxed vibe and a cool shirt, and so I approached him for a portrait.
He was more than happy to have a portrait taken and I got to work shooting him. Although, I did get a close up shot, I preferred this shot which had more of a candid vibe.
Thanks Kiefer for the portrait. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
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She's one of the most beautifully striking faces I've photographed in my "Portraits of Strangers" project. I was fortunate enough to have a photo shoot with Atika just last weekend.
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Photo taken with my Polaroid OneStep2 (Stranger Things special edition) on Polaroid iType Black Border film.
I met Darren and his dog Tweak whilst walking around Shoreditch. He was busy making something out of wire. He said that he tries to sell the items as he doesn't believe in claiming benefits. Three night at a hostel for the homeless for him and his dog costs him £35.00 ...
As you can see there was a clear bond between them ...
This is Michale and he is retired train driver. He retired 4 years ago and has driven trains all his working life in Australia and South Africa. I met him next to our camper-van when he was walking his dog Benny who is the Toodyay unofficial mascot. The dog still rides in the trains that go past the campsite.
Michale agreed to pose for my stranger project after telling me all about the train service around Perth.
This picture is #131 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
Explore #16 on 6 April 2013
Stranger portrait - RIP, Amy passed away from an overdose a few months after I took this portrait of her.
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Meet Lissy, spring stranger and barista extraordinaire. I had seen her a couple times before at the coffee shop down my street. This morning I was walking around the neighborhood and stopped for coffee at Pi, a popular pizza joint that also serves a mean espresso in the mornings. And there she was! You know, just hanging out in behind the bar.
Lissy has a friendly, relaxed vibe and a cool tattoo on her wrist. She made a damn good coffee. She says she doesn't look good in pictures.
Thanks Lissy!
Saw this chap walking near the Nomadic Community Gardens and he was happy to pose for a photograph ... I would like to do more of this type of photography and that will be one of my New Years resolutions to try and get at least one portrait of a stranger a week ... Watch this space ...
The blue in the background to the right is a rough sleeper ...
Portrait 03
50 Stranger's Portrait Project !
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Witney was very accommodating. First she agreed to be photographed. Then when I suggested that we cross the road to sit on a nearby bench, she agreed again. We had barely sat down when the sun came out from the clouds, making intense shadows across her face. I asked if it be alright to move to the covered shopping arcade nearby. Witney agreed again.
Witney works in customer care. Her friendly easy-going manner must be a real asset in her job. She agreed that she gets on well with people. Witney likes art and used to enjoy painting, especially working with oil paints. She hasn’t done it for a while. Her boyfriend works in Street. He is a barber. I’ve probably seen him cutting hair when I have walked past his shop, on my way to or from Glastonbury.
Thank you Witney for being part of my project. It was great to meet you.
This picture is #13 in my 4th 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
Getting towards the end of the day, Pete and I were looking for somewhere to have a last drink or two before his train back to Nottingham. I saw Leva here sitting down relaxing and it was obvious she was on a break from work. I thought she looked cool and there was a great street nearby to use for a background. I knew straight away that if I asked her, what her objection would be. And I had a plan. So I asked her for a picture and her predictable response was... "but I have a cold sore" to which I replied "but I have Photoshop" to which she replied with "oK let's go then". I get the whole anti Photoshop sentiment because it IS overused, but I also have met a lot of people who don't argue when I offer to use it to help them out a little. Don't get me wrong, I don't change the shape of people, though I could. I don't change their structure but I do clean up a few non permanent bits here and there, like spots or a cold sore.
So Leva set about striking a pose for me and she did a great job. Thanks Leva, hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!
This is the last of my street portraits from the session with Peter. I'm looking forward to getting out again as soon as I can, but next time I want to play with lights, big lights!!
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I got to warped tour late and missed all the bands. I was back stage waiting for my friend (from production) to get off work, when I saw this dude sitting alone, next to a dilapidated tent rolling a cigarette. There were like 4 empty seats so I asked if I could join him.
Some one came up to him and handed him a guitar and he just started playing so I asked if I could take his picture because he looked cool. After two hours of hanging out with him and a couple of other guys talking about Jersey, New York, traveling and all sorts of random things. People kept coming up and asking to take pictures of them and with them and some people even took some candid shots. I finally asked them who they were. It turns out they are in the band Reel Big Fish. This is Scott Klopfenstein and Dan Regan is standing on the right.
I'm not going to get into detail about what we all discussed, Scott was a little stand-offish at first and he seems like a private guy. Also, I didn't take any other pictures because I didn't want to bombard them with my camera and fan like behavior. Any way, they were all cool, chill and I had fun hanging with them.
This picture is #22 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com
Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song
Created for 19th MMM Challenge
tree with thanks to Anosmia
and own resources
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My 100th picture to be Explored #76 29th April 2012
I was in one of the Cardiff shopping arcades and there was a make-up demonstration going on. I asked the model if I could take a picture of her after she was finished. She agreed and this was the look. A very striking and colourful look I thought. Her name Alabama was also unusual. She agreed to be a stranger in my project and I said I would e-mail her a copy.
This picture is # 43 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
Meet Cristina.
I was just heading home after a couple of hours of strolling late afternoon- when I saw Cristina just starting lunch on a outdoor bench and I instinctively knew she would make a great stranger portrait. Elegant and sharp with a "focused" look about her she could very well be a martial arts instructor (my wife said that and I agree). But as she looked young I was a little hesitant but then decided to at least ask. As has happened many a times, Cristina was not only open to doing these pictures but actually very friendly. I sat by chatting to know her a little better while she finished lunch - honestly it almost felt like I knew her for a while.
Cristina is from Texas where she works with Universities - obtaining and ensuring federal funds are distributed as appropriate (a Lobbyist for lack of a better term). She loves the outdoors - trekking and being with nature which is one of the reason she loves Maryland due to amount of green spaces even in urban settings. She loves visiting the museums as well as reading. A very confident person I was especially impressed with her ability to express herself and the ease of conversation, even with a person she had just met - a real pleasure. A family oriented individual her favorite memory is of a family cookout a few months ago in Washington DC.
Her favorite quality of herself was her compassion- which I learned was in large part to her life experiences and challenges that she encountered which molded her. She had experienced Spinal fusion in her childhood when she was 9 and for 3 years she was pretty much immobile, in a cast from neck to knees, struggling through the basic functions of life. As much of a painful struggle it was, she was not deterred or bitter, In fact she wouldn't change a thing since it taught her a lot and gave her the ability to empathize with others. Besides her work, she does want to do more to help people and society instead of being absorbed with herself. I was truly blown away by her thinking - humbled really and really glad to make her acquaintance. She also mentioned she didn't really do a lot of pictures but said yes to me to try something different since it was a unique experience - just another facet of her personality I felt. Of course she was just great on camera - she knew exactly what to do and pretty much rocked the pictures.
It was wonderful making your acquaintance Cristina - and hearing your thoughts. Wish you all the very best for your future
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
For my other pictures on this project: 100 Strangers - Round 2.
For pictures from my prior attempt at 100 Strangers: 100 Strangers - Round 1.
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Had a busy week - catching up later friends! :-)
Aziz favourite all time record
Little Toy Soldiers
Eminem
Cornhill City of London.
Aziz works in an antique shop but was helping out a friend/previous employer as he was thankful they gave him work when he first came to England.
Aziz is from Lebanon and has been in London for 14 years and he feels this is his home as it has welcomed him here and 'has given me more than my own country could ever have done'.
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Jacopo is stranger n. 13 on my 100 strangers project. What can i say?? u could understand by yourself why i choosed him... he's perfect for portraiture! He's definitely full of style... i met him while i was walkin near the Gallipoli's harbor... i told that i would be more selective to choose my strangers... so... :-) he was next to a girl (stranger #14), (i think they were tourists because of their north accent, but i could be wrong...) and when i looked at them i had no hesitations to ask for a picture to include in my 100 strangers project! They thougths for a few seconds and then agreed... i brought jacopo under the light pole and i shot 2 photos! he choosed this one u can see... i really like the final results! i hope u too! :-)
sometimes i have some hesitation to ask for a picture! but sometimes i can decide in a second! this is one of them... :-) Thank u Jacopo!!!
This picture is #13 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
Sirine favourite all time record
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Amy Winehouse
Fashion Street
Shoreditch.
Sirine is a singer from Loano in Italy. She loves jazz and believes living in London will give her more opportunities to perform.
Singing gives Sirine an energy that creates a link with people that she doesn't get in any other part of her life. She loves music and feels that it can lift people emotionally as it can be an almost spiritual experience and give them a message and connection that would otherwise lay buried.
Sirine believes in God but not in a particular religion. She thinks God is everywhere and that some unanswered questions should remain unanswered because we don't need to know everything.
She recently met someone who managed to describe her soul to her. She told her she needs to sing as it is her way to express herself and to grow as an individual.
Sirine is fascinated by love and writes poetry where she tries to describe it.
I asked her if she was in love, she said 'Maybe, it's complicated.'
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Hi, I met Marieon recently as part of this project at the Galleries Pavilion in a clothing store. We had a fun conversation about her upbringing, her ancestry, her likes and dislikes etc.
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 #44 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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