Tag: 100 strangers
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Stranger No. 81
This is Indrani, who was buying something at this shop on a busy street. Â I wanted to photograph her against this shop, without the shopkeeper necessarily in the background, but sometimes it’s awkward asking people to move. Â So this is what I ended up with.
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Stranger No. 78
A. Rajendran sells small fruits locally known as “sapota” or “chickoo” – which actually originated in the Americas (sapodillas)! He works in the fruit market at Koyambedu in Chennai, India.
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Stranger No. 77
Arun works unloading truckloads of bananas at Koyambedu’s fruit market in Chennai.
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Stranger No. 76
Das was riding by with a giant bicycle-cart loaded with these red bananas. I stopped him for a photo, but my wife’s photo was much better:
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Stranger No. 74
Rajasel was stringing flowers for sale near the entrance of the flower market at Koyambedu. All the guys were asking for photos, and when I asked her she initially refused but eventually agreed to let me take her photo. Â Check out the reflection in the mirror, bottom right!
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Stranger No. 73
Rajendran seemed like the quiet type – he had a small cart outside the fruit market with half a dozen jackfruits on it, which he was painstakingly cutting into usable portions for sale. Apparently cutting these things into portions so that they can be eaten is quite a labor-intensive operation that takes some practice –…
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Stranger No. 72
I’m not exactly sure which photo is better – they both have some flaws. The one has a greenish glow on the face which is caused by the reflection from the flowers seen in the second photo; and the flowers in both photos seem distracting. Anyway, this is Sovan Babu. He’s got one arm and…
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Stranger No. 71
Like many of the people I’ve photographed in India, this sweet lime seller in the fruit market was all smiles until he was posing for his picture. Because getting your picture taken is serious business! His name is Subranyam, and he is joined in this second photo by a friend, whose name I did not…
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Stranger No. 70
This is Muthukumar, whose moustache caught my attention. Â He was at the flower market in Koyambedu, in Chennai. Â After I snapped his photograph, his friends were joking that he was the “king of Koyambedu”. Â It must have been some kind of inside joke, I’m not sure!
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Stranger No. 69
I wish I could remember his name. This guy was selling fruit in the market and I was so impressed by the sheer spotless whiteness of his clothes and the twinkle in his eye. Unlike most of the others in the market, he wasn’t exactly enthusiastic about being photographed – merely tolerant.