Category: men
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Stranger No. 52
Chandaran is a Hindu priest working in a small temple near Parry’s Corner, in Chennai. My wife got a much better shot of him (in my opinion), which she has agreed to share:
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Stranger No. 51
Here is a photo of Bala, stranger number 51. He’s on his cell phone, but I “asked” him for a photo using hand gestures and we talked only elsewhere. He sells flowers at the flower market near Parry’s Corner, in north-central Chennai.
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Stranger No. 50
Arun sells bulk flowers at “Parry’s”, a neighborhood in Chennai where flowers are sold along the entire length of the street. Not much else to say about him, other than I’m halfway done with this project! Thanks for helping me out, Arun.
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Stranger No. 48
To those of us who have lived in colder climes, it always seems odd to think that people in Chennai are ever cold. But it’s quite common to see people covering their ears, especially, during these “cold” months, when the temperature rarely drops below 70 Fahrenheit. People can be seen wearing thin earmuffs, thick wool…
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Stranger No. 47
Andre (or Andrei) I met at the Saturday Night Market in Goa, a weekly happening that brings in tourists and locals alike. Â Andre and the friend he was talking to are from Belarus, and they both spend the tourist season here in Goa, and then go back for the rest of the year. Â Presumably that…
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Stranger No. 46
Normally I start with the photo. But Stranger No. 46 is difficult, and I wanted to give the background first. Where I live, the sight of poverty is common. In photography, I think it’s a subject that requires care. I try not to take advantage of human suffering just to “get a good shot” –…
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Strangers Nos. 44 and 45
I ran into this family at the local “fair” – which appears to run the better part of the year, at the “Island Grounds” in Chennai. I asked father if I could photograph him and his young daughter with her big, gorgeous eyes. He had his other daughter and friend’s daughter step into the photo…
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Stranger No. 42
Ramaswamy is a jolly guy I ran into at the Mylapore Festival. I asked him if I could take his picture and he agreed. Then he asked for 20 rupees for a cup of coffee, presumably in exchange. I assume the gesture he is making with his hands means something, and there was a booth…
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Stranger No. 41
This is Yusury. Â I took his picture with an old film camera, the light is not that great and I only got a single shot because I was unsure how to read the situation. Â This is in a small village on the banks of the Kinabantangan River in Borneo, Malaysia. Â Yusury is a boatmaker –…
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Strangers Nos. 38, 39 and 40
Dan, David and Paul were spotted walking by the restaurant where we were having lunch in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown. Â Dan is American, and David and Paul are Scots. Â I ran after them and explained this project, and they all stiffened up for the photo. Â As I was trying to get the manual focus and exposure…