Tag: boy
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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. 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. 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. 49
Selvam was hanging out at the Kolam Contest in Mylapore I blogged about a few months ago.  He was interested in the Kodak Jiffy camera I was carrying around, so I snapped his photo in front of this green background.  I decided to hold his photo for posting until I reached number 49….
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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. 7
This is Akash, who caught my eye because he seemed to be very proud of his bicycle. So instead of the usual close-up portrait, I decided to take a wider angle shot showing the object of his pride. At the time, I thought the photo had come out better than it had – but it…