Tag: men
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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. 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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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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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…
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Stranger No. 34
I ran into Zadar on Christmas day, during an impromptu photowalk to the one of the most crowded shopping districts in India – T. Nagar – on one of the busiest shopping days. Zadar was selling some sort of sweet fuzzy stuff in plastic bags, which resembles cotton candy in taste, but looked rather like…
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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. 27
I unfortunately didn’t remember to write down his name – but this fruit and vegetable seller has an interesting look. Like the other fruit and vegetable vendors we photographed, he seemed to find it very curious to see two foreigners wandering around the packed market with cameras. The attention we attracted was unanimously positive, and…
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Stranger No. 16
This is Murgan. Technically, he shouldn’t be a part of this project as he is one of the many people who asked me to take his photo, rather than the other way around.  The idea of the project is to approach strangers and ask them to shoot their portrait.  But I thought it was such a great photo.…
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Strangers Nos. 14 and 15
Arais and Veerrappam were sitting exactly as you see them here, as I walked by with my camera, and thought it was the perfect photo. Â It was about 0830 am on a Sunday, and I assume this is their shop they are sitting in front of, getting ready to open. Â We had a brief chat…
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Stranger No. 12
Andanan (spelling) was sitting on the floor of what you might consider a garage, with piles of bundles of banana leaves behind him. He was taking them, one leaf at a time, and cutting them into pieces about 18 inches long, and throwing the unusable parts away. In India (Tamil Nadu, anyway), it is traditional…