Strangers Project
I have been itching to do the Strangers Project for a while now. Basically, the challenge is to photograph 100 strangers in a given period of time – until the end of the year in my case. Initiating a conversation with people I don’t know is a great way to train myself for close-up street photography. I am using a 35mm lens, rather than a longer one, to force these really tight shots and, at the same time, it is paying off in that I can capture some of the surroundings, too.
The images posted here all show people whom I have never met before and have explicitly asked for a portrait. To be fair, I have given everyone my email so that they can get a copy of their image, if they’d like.
Occupations
This second iteration of strangers aims to not just capture the individual, but also what it is they do. I am now trying to always take an image of someone in the process of doing something and then take a portrait as well.
Early Portraits
These were my first couple of attempts at capturing strangers. Some are well captured while others are not perfect, yet. So we keep on going …
