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Stranger No. 94
This is Raul – we were walking along the ghats of Varanasi and he made some small talk with us in an effort to try and lure us to his silk shop. We didn’t fall for it of course, but I did ask him if he would pose for this portrait.
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Stranger No. 93
Another no-name stranger. I was at the beach in Chennai, during Ganesha Chaturthi, a festival in which idols of Lord Ganesh are immersed in the sea, and this guy was hanging around, looking for a few rupees to buy some tea. I asked to take a few pictures and he immediately went into this posing…
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Stranger No. 92
This was a very shy lady living in a gypsy (Narikuravar) community in Chennai. I wanted to take her photo but she insisted on being in the group. Only after I had taken a few would she allow me to take one with just her. I didn’t ask her name – getting permission from the…
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Stranger No. 91
Ibrahim took us on a boat ride up “Number Two River.” The beach with the same name is run by a small community south of Freetown, Sierra Leone. For a reasonable fee, they will have someone take you up the river to see the waterfall, and if you’re lucky, some monkeys or other wildlife. Unfortunately,…
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Strangers Nos. 89 and 90
These two boys agreed to pose for me. I didn’t catch their names. Basically, I spotted a cool looking building across the street, and as I was snapping the shot, they walked in front of it. And then started clowning around. And then I asked them to pose for this shot. Here’s how it unfolded: