Tag: 100 strangers
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Stranger No. 33
“Stranger No. 33” provided the most hilarious experience in this project to date. Â We were walking past a series of small shops, when I spotted this young man quietly reading a paper in front of a small book shop. Â I stopped for a moment and looked back at him, and nervously asked if he’d…
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Stranger No. 32
This guy drove our rickshaw from the market in Hyderabad back to our hotel so we could catch our flight home. I think he was wearing a bit of eye makeup, but I thought it was an interesting look. He was a bit embarrassed when I asked if he would mind posing for a photo.…
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Stranger No. 31
This is “Momo”, who was helping his father at a stand in the fruit and vegetable market. They were selling the strangest thing, which looked like very ornate lichens or mushrooms of some sort. With the language barrier they were unable to convey what they were selling, but “can I take your / your son’s…
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Stranger No. 30
This little girl was with four women sitting at the roadside edge of a vacant lot selling baubles and cheap jewelry and, well, what seemed to be actual deer musk glands. I asked the “aunties” whether it was OK to photograph the girl and they agreed and she gladly obliged. Not wanting to leave them…
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Stranger No. 29
This gentleman has a shop selling colorful shawls and scarves. The best I could make out for his name was “Mabipahn.” “I am Muslim,” he clarified. So I shook his hand and said “salaam aleikum.” Then I took his picture and continued on my way…
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Stranger No. 28
Stranger No. 28 is Gantesh. Gantesh sells what we initially thought was multicolored pasta, but what turns out to be made of rice flour instead of wheat flour. Instead of boiling it like you would pasta, you fry it in oil to soften it. He must have had 25 or 30 different shapes. When I…
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Stranger No. 26
This is Suramma – stranger number 26. She’s another of the many vendors I spoke with at the fruit and vegetable market in Secunderabad. I got a pretty good photo of her, but my wife got an even better photo, and I’m a little bit jealous:
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Stranger No. 25
Viresh sells garlic and ginger in the market. We didn’t chat long.
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Strangers Nos. 20, 21 and 22
Poomaro Pandi, Yo Gesh, and Surya Paradeep (from left to right) were pilgrims I met while visiting the Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple in Kanchipuram. We were chatting and swapping photographs, and the next thing I knew they were asking to be friends on Facebook.
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Stranger No. 19
We met Suranja at the Kanchi Kamakshi Amman temple in Kanchipuram, also known as the “city of 1000 temples.” She explained that she is a widower, and she makes her money by giving tourists puffed rice to throw in the temple tank and other places outside, which brings blessings and luck – in exchange for…