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Strangers Nos. 89 and 90
These two boys agreed to pose for me. I didn’t catch their names. Basically, I spotted a cool looking building across the street, and as I was snapping the shot, they walked in front of it. And then started clowning around. And then I asked them to pose for this shot. Here’s how it unfolded:
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Stranger No. 86
Mohammed sells these bags to passersby on a street corner in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He was in a very cheerful mood.
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Stranger No. 85
This is Samuel. Standing on a street corner in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I like his shirt. And he’s stranger no. 85.
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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. 23
Today’s stranger is actually a group of strangers. A particularly vocal and raucous group. Their “ringleader” is Jaya Kumar, in the white shirt roughly center of the picture. I ran into them at the Sri Ekambareswarar Temple in Kanchipuram, India. They may have been pilgrims – or maybe they were just on a trip. But
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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. 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