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sofia & alessia - the adventurous sisters
i met the girls (12 and 15) on the top of a zip lining tower at the moaning cavern near angels camp, california, waiting for the race. while it was the first time for me and her father they were experienced flyers and wanted to do the super hero style this time, which means you fly with the head first like superman. her father and i did the conventional style and we two were a bit excited while the girls made cool faces and said: "na, not a big deal. we do crazier things." and her father nodded.
after the race the family which included grams and granny invited me for picknick. i chipped in some granola bars, carrots and cold water and enjoyed a shady place under the huge oak trees. the girls told me about their adventurous life, riding the craziest rollercoasters, crawling the spookiest caverns and climbing the biggest rocks. both are very different. sofia, the younger in the foreground, is smart, witty, selfconscious, talky and with an open and proud smile. alessia is rather calm, a bit shy but, a very lovely, understanding and sensitive young adult. understandably her father is very proud of them and he wasn't too shy to express that very open. the girls were ashamed but i could easily see the love in their eyes. it touched me and i very much enjoyed the company of this loving and lovely family.
after the picknick, her dad decided to stay with me while the girls left for playing golf. before i asked them to take some pictures and i wasn't surprised that sofia placed herself in the foreground while alessia liked to be in the back. there seemed to be no competition but love and intimacy between them.
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i travelled the u.s. for one month and ran a project called "taking pictures of strangers i talked to". the idea was not to ask people for a portrait in the first place (which i normally do), but taking their pictures because i talked to them for some reason. i wanted to focus on talking to strangers rather than photography, because i expected the pictures being different. and it turned out to be true. during the talks i learnt something about people, their names, where they come from, their families, what they do for living, likes and dislikes and stuff. with some of them i talked only a few minutes, with others i spent hours or half the day. apart from getting to know strangers it is part of the project to reconnect with the people by sending them their portraits. so i collected a bunch of business cards and post-its with email adresses, little notes and drawings. the people i met sometimes added little hints to help me to remember them, but it turned out to be not neccessary at all. i remember everybody's name, where i met them and what we talked quite easily. in short: the project was a great success and i thank all people who took part and therefore didn't remain strangers for me.
sofia & alessia - the adventurous sisters
i met the girls (12 and 15) on the top of a zip lining tower at the moaning cavern near angels camp, california, waiting for the race. while it was the first time for me and her father they were experienced flyers and wanted to do the super hero style this time, which means you fly with the head first like superman. her father and i did the conventional style and we two were a bit excited while the girls made cool faces and said: "na, not a big deal. we do crazier things." and her father nodded.
after the race the family which included grams and granny invited me for picknick. i chipped in some granola bars, carrots and cold water and enjoyed a shady place under the huge oak trees. the girls told me about their adventurous life, riding the craziest rollercoasters, crawling the spookiest caverns and climbing the biggest rocks. both are very different. sofia, the younger in the foreground, is smart, witty, selfconscious, talky and with an open and proud smile. alessia is rather calm, a bit shy but, a very lovely, understanding and sensitive young adult. understandably her father is very proud of them and he wasn't too shy to express that very open. the girls were ashamed but i could easily see the love in their eyes. it touched me and i very much enjoyed the company of this loving and lovely family.
after the picknick, her dad decided to stay with me while the girls left for playing golf. before i asked them to take some pictures and i wasn't surprised that sofia placed herself in the foreground while alessia liked to be in the back. there seemed to be no competition but love and intimacy between them.
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i travelled the u.s. for one month and ran a project called "taking pictures of strangers i talked to". the idea was not to ask people for a portrait in the first place (which i normally do), but taking their pictures because i talked to them for some reason. i wanted to focus on talking to strangers rather than photography, because i expected the pictures being different. and it turned out to be true. during the talks i learnt something about people, their names, where they come from, their families, what they do for living, likes and dislikes and stuff. with some of them i talked only a few minutes, with others i spent hours or half the day. apart from getting to know strangers it is part of the project to reconnect with the people by sending them their portraits. so i collected a bunch of business cards and post-its with email adresses, little notes and drawings. the people i met sometimes added little hints to help me to remember them, but it turned out to be not neccessary at all. i remember everybody's name, where i met them and what we talked quite easily. in short: the project was a great success and i thank all people who took part and therefore didn't remain strangers for me.