Tag: 100 strangers
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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. 66
This is Drakesh, who helps his mom run a small drinks stand at Marina Beach, near the lighthouse. Â We bought a couple of sodas from them, but Drakesh was really interested in a camera. Â Hopefully he can get one eventually.
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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. 64
This is “Vera” – he was working in a banana wholesale shop and asked to have his photo taken. Technically I shouldn’t count this because this “100 strangers” thing is all about me approaching strangers and asking them to photograph them – but I put a bit of effort into having him pose with the…
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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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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…