anna . 19 years old / tulsa . oklahoma
my friend zach and i went into owasso to look for strangers. we had a few hours before we needed to be back at the house for dinner, so we figured that gave us plenty of time. owasso is not a metropolis, which is just fine, but it is also not so small of a town that it has a center. "downtown" owasso is a giant parking lot with a number of big businesses around it... not prime territory for strangers. we went to starbucks and enjoyed a warm beverage in the sunshine. some people walked by, but i wasn't feeling it... the trend for these days.
we decided to pack it up and make a quick trip into tulsa. tulsa has a bit more going on and i have taken a liking to cherry street. we went straight for it, found a parking spot, and headed up the street. after a block, we turned around to go the other direction. soon after that, i saw a group of four young people coming towards us. one of them was lagging a bit behind. she had a lovely hat on and the brightest, friendliest eyes that i've seen so far in oklahoma. i told her what i was up to and asked her to be today's stranger. anna was immediately up for it. i introduced myself and zach to her friends, christopher, will, and another anna, and the six of us chatted for a few minutes.
anna has been hitchhiking around the west coast for a while. she worked and saved some money to make the trip and is now back in tulsa, working again to save some more money. next time she ventures out she wants to go to the new england area. i recommended that she visit that part of the country in the fall. anna and her friends were all very sweet. they were full of life and energy and seemed to be the kind of people that make the most out of every day. i liked them a lot.
i photographed anna in a nearby parking lot. while we were shooting, she told me that she played the banjo and that she happened to have one in the car. after a few portraits, we all walked over to the car and anna played us a little ditty. it was a reworked modest mouse number and it sounded lovely. she has only been playing the banjo for 7 months and said it was her first instrument, but she seems to be picking it up like a natural. i made a video of the performance on my phone, complete with music and friends and the gang's two dogs, kansas and bruno.
anna and the others invited us over to their place later on that night, but we unfortunately couldn't make it. i do hope our paths will cross again soon. these are the kinds of stranger experiences i hope for every day. thank you all so much!
my friend zach and i went into owasso to look for strangers. we had a few hours before we needed to be back at the house for dinner, so we figured that gave us plenty of time. owasso is not a metropolis, which is just fine, but it is also not so small of a town that it has a center. "downtown" owasso is a giant parking lot with a number of big businesses around it... not prime territory for strangers. we went to starbucks and enjoyed a warm beverage in the sunshine. some people walked by, but i wasn't feeling it... the trend for these days.
we decided to pack it up and make a quick trip into tulsa. tulsa has a bit more going on and i have taken a liking to cherry street. we went straight for it, found a parking spot, and headed up the street. after a block, we turned around to go the other direction. soon after that, i saw a group of four young people coming towards us. one of them was lagging a bit behind. she had a lovely hat on and the brightest, friendliest eyes that i've seen so far in oklahoma. i told her what i was up to and asked her to be today's stranger. anna was immediately up for it. i introduced myself and zach to her friends, christopher, will, and another anna, and the six of us chatted for a few minutes.
anna has been hitchhiking around the west coast for a while. she worked and saved some money to make the trip and is now back in tulsa, working again to save some more money. next time she ventures out she wants to go to the new england area. i recommended that she visit that part of the country in the fall. anna and her friends were all very sweet. they were full of life and energy and seemed to be the kind of people that make the most out of every day. i liked them a lot.
i photographed anna in a nearby parking lot. while we were shooting, she told me that she played the banjo and that she happened to have one in the car. after a few portraits, we all walked over to the car and anna played us a little ditty. it was a reworked modest mouse number and it sounded lovely. she has only been playing the banjo for 7 months and said it was her first instrument, but she seems to be picking it up like a natural. i made a video of the performance on my phone, complete with music and friends and the gang's two dogs, kansas and bruno.
anna and the others invited us over to their place later on that night, but we unfortunately couldn't make it. i do hope our paths will cross again soon. these are the kinds of stranger experiences i hope for every day. thank you all so much!
4 comments:
You really captured the light in her eyes. You can see spirit peeking out. Lovely portrait!
Cheers!
Julie
Julie Magers Soulen Photography
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If only the world were full of more such individual spirits....
that'a crazy. she's one of my best friends from high school. just stumbled upon this blog and didn't expect to see her on here.
Love this girl.
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