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I met this security guard in the mall and asked if I could take her picture. I showed her my "strangers" album in my mobile and she agreed.
This is Beb. She is a new security guard. The mall is her first posting. She's been on the job for 5 months only. Hence she gets assigned to spots outside the mall, meaning no air-conditioning. It's like a rights of passage. She's happy with her job so far and has a very cheerful disposition. I'm sure she will do well in her new job.
Thanks for the shoot Beb and I'll probably see you again in my next visit to the mall.
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
I don't normally post smartphone photos, but this one just turned out kind of nice. These 3 security guards were taking shelter from a little bit of rain in front of this backdrop. They were all smiling sheepishly too.
Jakarta, Indonesia
January 2018
Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) Public Safety
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
April 2021
Photo by Asher Heimermann/Incident Response
"No photographing!"
Normally I'll try to shoot covertly. But when I don't, this is what I get.:-)
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Court of Final Appeal, Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong
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Location: Pasay, Mall of asia, Philippines
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A building security guard sits on the stairs leading to the upper levels. Security guards are ubiquitous in the Philippines to prevent theft.
Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) Public Safety
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
May 2021
Photo by Asher Heimermann/Incident Response
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Location: SM Mall of Asia | MOA, Philippines
This guy was a nice guy. We ran into one of our typical you can't shoot this building / yes I can debates at the JPMorgan building on Mission St. We talked for a little while and after 10 or 15 minutes of BSing with the guy he let me get my shots of the building from the public areas around the building. He had a good attitude and joked around a lot and let me take a shot of him posing.
In my opinion this is a positive way for security guards and photographers to interact. I didn't mind him questioning me and talking to me or getting to know me better and in the end we came up with a mutual understanding that I could shoot the building. I was really no threat and he could figure this out after talking to me and rather than take an adversarial tone he took a friendlier one.
Combining beaux arts and art deco architectural styles, construction completed in 1928, Los Angeles City Hall on N. Spring Street was used as a film set for dozens of movies.
Walt Disney World Security
Orange County, Florida
March 2021
Photo by Asher Heimermann/Incident Response
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About this shot
Best thing about this project is to have a great reason to talk to people wherever you are. Most of open up, others don't. I don't care too much about it.
In this case I am really happy we talked, for about two hours. I actually wanted to visit grungy south of London for the first time, but things went different: A few lines of the London Underground were completely shut down for the day due repairs. So I found myself at the Sunday Up Market and Spitalfields Market in Shoreditch. If you have been there before, you might know this place can be a great freak show of different fashion styles and characters.
About this stranger
I was walking around for two hours and finished four strangers before I met Arrola, 31. He is the son of a Zimbabweans and Nigerian, born in London and raised in his mother's country Zimbabwe. He lives in a suburb called Thornton Heath, situated 12km southeast of London Central. And is now working as a freelance security guard for an agency for a few months.
Relationship-status is traditional african. I leave the interpretations to you. :-)
Arrola has strong opinions about certain aspects in life and claims to have a revolutionary mind. In his leisure time he loves to read philosophy (favorite author is Paulo Freire).
His favorite quote: None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
A friendly, calm and interesting character I met there. But I must admit I managed to overlook him with a height of approximately 2,10m. I was way too glued on the typical extrovert flashy (no offense) Brick Lane folks. So I passed him a couple of times while circling the area, but among all these crazy folks ... Therefore I am glad he was showing interested - he asked me: Hey man, what are you doing? … After an hour of talk: the project and yada yada.
You might have asked yourself, what does a security guard do at a sunday market? He came up with the answer: "Nothing. I am not sure what i am doing around here - I mean it's sunday market. What could possibly happen. But at least I get paid."
His opinion fashion in aspect of self-expression: Concerning fashion I am dressing smart, everything else feels exhausting. "The life of an extrovert is to please others, an introvert only pleases himself. I know what I am talking about, luckily things changed …"
An there is this interesting thing about this job he took. Since Thornton Heath has nothing else to offer than suburban life, the security job was a nice opportunity. He never guards the same place, the locations are changing with every job. "This is just a small part of my larger concept in life: Getting to know the unknown … I felt stuck in suburban life and I haven't seen much of London during the last 9 years."
You might not meet Arrola in Brick Lane again, but possibly any fancy swimming-pool party in London - watch out for a friendly big guy.
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Shot behind some restaurant around 20th and Market. We took a few breaks because we were in the dishwasher's way as he went back in forth hauling 4 loads of trash to the dumpster.
A security guard stands at the entrance of a bank in Cebu, Philippines, embodying both vigilance and quiet authority. His presence is a silent yet essential force in the daily rhythm of city life, ensuring safety in a world that never stops moving. This image reflects the contrast between stillness and motion, duty and the everyday hustle