{"id":10717,"date":"2015-11-10T21:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T21:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/?p=109"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:02:07","slug":"stranger-no-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=10717","title":{"rendered":"Stranger No. 33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Shaiq by TAZMPictures, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/11404250135\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shaiq\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/11404250135_6a724300df_c-1.jpg?resize=666%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"666\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stranger No. 33&#8221; provided the most hilarious experience in this project to date. \u00a0We were walking past a series of small shops, when I spotted this young man quietly reading a paper in front of a small book shop. \u00a0 I stopped for a moment and looked back at him, and nervously asked if he&#8217;d mind me taking a photo. \u00a0That&#8217;s when the fun began.<\/p>\n<p>First, he jumped up and deliberately stared off over my right shoulder, and I snapped the photo above (with a film camera). Then he asked me to photograph him from the side, yielding the photo below.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shaiq by TAZMPictures, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/11404099196\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shaiq\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/11404099196_c24e68f3d2_c.jpg?resize=566%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"566\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thanked him for his time and started on my way. &#8220;Wait,&#8221; he said, and took off his jacket, then his cap, shook his hair, and then replaced his cap. He insisted I take a few more &#8220;artsy&#8221; shots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0497-682x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0497-682x1024-682x1024.jpg?resize=682%2C1024\" alt=\"DSC_0497-682x1024\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then he wanted to have a photo taken with the both of us, and proceeded to &#8220;set up the shot&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0505_sm-682x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0505_sm-682x1024-682x1024.jpg?resize=682%2C1024\" alt=\"DSC_0505_sm-682x1024\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0507_sm-682x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0507_sm-682x1024-682x1024.jpg?resize=682%2C1024\" alt=\"DSC_0507_sm-682x1024\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0508_sm-682x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0508_sm-682x1024-682x1024.jpg?resize=682%2C1024\" alt=\"DSC_0508_sm-682x1024\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0509_sm-682x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0509_sm-682x1024-682x1024.jpg?resize=682%2C1024\" alt=\"DSC_0509_sm-682x1024\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0511_sm-682x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0511_sm-682x1024-682x1024.jpg?resize=682%2C1024\" alt=\"DSC_0511_sm-682x1024\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we ended up with.  And by the way, his name is Shaiq Hussaini&#8230;aka &#8220;Stranger No. 33&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/11404158804\/\" title=\"Shaiq by TAZMPictures, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/11404158804_c2c91de21c_c-1.jpg?resize=534%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Shaiq\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stranger No. 33&#8221; provided the most hilarious experience in this project to date. \u00a0We were walking past a series of small shops, when I spotted this young man quietly reading a paper in front of a small book shop. \u00a0 I stopped for a moment and looked back at him, and nervously asked if he&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2211,2214],"tags":[2216,1148,2253,1371],"class_list":["post-10717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-100-strangers","category-men","tag-100-strangers","tag-hyderabad","tag-portrait","tag-posed"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11404250135_6a724300df_m.jpg?fit=200%2C240&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10932,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions\/10932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}