Tag: portrait
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Stranger No. 25
Viresh sells garlic and ginger in the market. We didn’t chat long.
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Stranger No. 24
This, as best as I could understand, is “Palleh.” He sells fruits and vegetables in Secunderabad, which until recently was a “twin” city with Hyderabad, but was relatively recently merged. He wasn’t all that keen about being photographed, but I asked him and he agreed, so here he is.
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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…
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Strangers Nos. 17 and 18
This is Indriani and Suttimetta. In India, it is a common practice for women to get up early in the morning, sweep and wet the pavement in front of their homes, and then, using rice flour (or chalk), create a design called a kolam. They are generally all different, usually symmetrical, and as far as…
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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. 13
If you have been following along up to this point, you may have noticed that so far all of the “strangers” on this site have been male. Part of this project is getting the courage to start a conversation with a stranger on the street and ask to take their picture. For a foreign male…
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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…
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Stranger No. 11
Stranger No. 11 is Abdul Ghafar. Â I actually didn’t ask his permission before shooting – I saw him across the way, and he was so engrossed in his work, and the light was perfect, so I started taking shots nonstop. Â I went over afterward to make a point of introducing myself because I specifically wanted…