Tag: portrait
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Stranger No. 100
For the last month or so, Ramki has been on a roll of film that has been waiting to be developed. Ramki is a “sadhu” or Hindu holy man whom I walked by in Varanasi, India (where there are many sadhus!) I stopped and asked for his photo, and he gave a sigh (presumably tourists…
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Strangers Nos. 98 and 99
Not every “stranger” photo turns out the way you want. Â I thought I was being clever by rewinding this half-used roll of film so that I could enclose it in a lead lined bag to protect it from the airport x-rays, and then just advance it again to where I had left off, but apparently…
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Stranger No. 97
Like stranger No. 96, Simim was working on refurbishing one of the ghats at Varanasi – basically filling in cracks with cement and/or re-laying stones. They explained that the Modi government had allocated money to give Varanasi a “facelift”. I asked him to take his photo in the frame of this doorway (apparently they were…
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Stranger No. 96
This is Raju, a laborer helping to renovate one of the ghats in Varanasi. He doesn’t speak a word of English but through a translator explained that he and his colleagues were brought in to help give the ghats a facelift, thanks to money made available by the Modi government.
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Stranger No. 95
Rashid was very kind to show us around the Alamgir Mosque, located along the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi. His family have been the caretakers of the mosque for generations. The mosque is surrounded by a Hindu neighborhood and thus doesn’t get as much traffic as other mosques in the city, but it…
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Stranger No. 94
This is Raul – we were walking along the ghats of Varanasi and he made some small talk with us in an effort to try and lure us to his silk shop. We didn’t fall for it of course, but I did ask him if he would pose for this portrait.
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Stranger No. 93
Another no-name stranger. I was at the beach in Chennai, during Ganesha Chaturthi, a festival in which idols of Lord Ganesh are immersed in the sea, and this guy was hanging around, looking for a few rupees to buy some tea. I asked to take a few pictures and he immediately went into this posing…
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Stranger No. 92
This was a very shy lady living in a gypsy (Narikuravar) community in Chennai. I wanted to take her photo but she insisted on being in the group. Only after I had taken a few would she allow me to take one with just her. I didn’t ask her name – getting permission from the…
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Stranger No. 91
Ibrahim took us on a boat ride up “Number Two River.” The beach with the same name is run by a small community south of Freetown, Sierra Leone. For a reasonable fee, they will have someone take you up the river to see the waterfall, and if you’re lucky, some monkeys or other wildlife. Unfortunately,…
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Stranger No. 88
Victor works for G4S, a security company. His job is to provide security in front of this Coca-Cola bottling facility in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We had a nice little chat as the rain started up. I told him my middle name is Victor, but he wasn’t impressed. He thought it was a good picture though.…