jenny . 29 years old / denver . colorado
i went out earlier today and plentiful light was my reward. on top of shooting a stranger, i needed to make a trip to the post office. as it is loaded with people i don't know, i headed down my regular route in that direction.
beforehand, i decided i needed to shoot a woman today, preferably older, but a woman at the very least - i am just a little behind on the gender-equality numbers.
i made my way up the stairs by the civic center building and across the platform and was just about to start back down the stairs towards 16th street when i saw jenny. she was sitting in the sun, reading a book, and smoking a cigarette.
she looked at me and seemed friendly, so i went up to her and told her about the project. she said it sounded cool and was willing to be today's stranger. she was sitting in the direct sun, so i had to ask her to move, but she didn't seem to mind. the salmon colored wall behind her is a pillar, which blocked the sun splendidly.
jenny was killing some time until her next appointment. she said she was a massage therapist not too far from where we were. we didn't talk much more than that.
she did ask if i was doing this all over the world. and that gave me some good ideas. maybe next year, i should travel to 12 different countries and photograph strangers in each of them for a month. anybody want to fund this?
the latest news regarding the country count reports as many as 195 countries, but different sources and organizations report different numbers. the UN recognizes 192, while the US reports 194. let's say it is 195 - i could be the first photographer to make portraits of strangers in every country over the course of the next 16.25 years.
i went out earlier today and plentiful light was my reward. on top of shooting a stranger, i needed to make a trip to the post office. as it is loaded with people i don't know, i headed down my regular route in that direction.
beforehand, i decided i needed to shoot a woman today, preferably older, but a woman at the very least - i am just a little behind on the gender-equality numbers.
i made my way up the stairs by the civic center building and across the platform and was just about to start back down the stairs towards 16th street when i saw jenny. she was sitting in the sun, reading a book, and smoking a cigarette.
she looked at me and seemed friendly, so i went up to her and told her about the project. she said it sounded cool and was willing to be today's stranger. she was sitting in the direct sun, so i had to ask her to move, but she didn't seem to mind. the salmon colored wall behind her is a pillar, which blocked the sun splendidly.
jenny was killing some time until her next appointment. she said she was a massage therapist not too far from where we were. we didn't talk much more than that.
she did ask if i was doing this all over the world. and that gave me some good ideas. maybe next year, i should travel to 12 different countries and photograph strangers in each of them for a month. anybody want to fund this?
the latest news regarding the country count reports as many as 195 countries, but different sources and organizations report different numbers. the UN recognizes 192, while the US reports 194. let's say it is 195 - i could be the first photographer to make portraits of strangers in every country over the course of the next 16.25 years.
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