Category: men
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Stranger No. 68
We were buying 5 kilograms of sweet limes, and this guy was loading them up for us. Â With his striking white hair, I had to ask him for a photograph, and had him stand in front of this blue door. Â I didn’t get his name – what, with the limes and all…
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Stranger No. 67
I didn’t get this fellow’s name. I asked him if he wouldn’t mind posing for a photo and indicated the open doorway and asked if he might face that direction for the light. He immediately assumed the position in the photo and held still until I got this shot.
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Stranger No. 65
Another vendor at the fruit and vegetable market at Koyambedu. Â This is Nainar. Â I chose the light/orientation, and he chose this particular pose.
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Stranger No. 63
This is Kris – he was walking around Koyambedu flower market and I thought he had the coolest beard. Said he was from Pondicherry. He really wanted a copy of the photo but there was no way to get him one.
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Stranger No. 62
Ramalingam works at the flower market at Koyambedu, in western Chennai. Here he is again with his colleague Androsh.
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Stranger No. 61
I think this is one of the best portraits I’ve done for this project. His name is Arjun, he’s a rickshaw driver (but was on break), and he was also happy with the result. This is one of those times I felt converting to black and white improved the image; I sometimes shoot in black…
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Strangers Nos. 58 and 59
Santosh and Victor were passing by as we walked down the path, looking at all the boats that were being patched up, or built from scratch. They liked having their picture taken. Santosh is the one holding the bicycle.
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Stranger No. 57
Gopinath was sitting with another man, and as we walked by, I asked if I could take a picture of them, with the boat shown in the background. They didn’t speak a word of English, but with sign language, they understood what I wanted. His friend wanted nothing to do with being photographed, but Gopinath…
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Stranger No. 56
At the time, I thought he said his name was “Sachchil”, but it may have been “Sachin.” In any case, he was operating an odd little gear machine on the ground behind the ship repair yards at Kasimedu fishing harbor in Chennai, that was being used to wind long nylon fibers into a rope. He…
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Strangers Nos. 53 and 54
“Duray” and “D. Gajenthiran” sell flowers on Badrian Street near Parry’s corner in Chennai. (for more info on that market, see this post on my other blog).  I’m not completely sure if Duray is the name of the guy on the left, or if it’s just the first name of the guy on the right.  We…