kelsey . 18 years old / denver . colorado
today's story is a little bit funny.
first, i'd like to say that there were at least 7 people that came by the café today that i desperately wanted to photograph. it was difficult to let them come and go without inviting them to participate. but, as is usually the case, it all worked out for the best.
second, i want to share some exciting news: a local television news reporter contacted me via email to ask if he could follow me around for a day and interview me on camera so that they could run a feature on this project! woohoo! i heart strangers is going to television!
ok... enough scenery... let's cut to the chase.
late in the afternoon i received a visit from wendy (stranger from 08 february, 2010). she came by the café with a man named tim and a woman named jen. in between customers and other duties at the café, the four of us chatted and had a lovely time doing so. after some time, wendy and tim left and jen went to get her haircut (the café is in a giant hair salon).
as the day was getting on, i started getting a little bit anxious about not having photographed today's stranger. i was waiting for one of the stylists to come take over for me for a little while so that i could look for on my hunt. the stylist was late, though. and that nervousness started getting worse. just shy of my panic attack, the stylist came over, apologizing for being late. just behind her was jen! and jen was apologizing for having taken so long getting her hair cut. i didn't care, i was just happy that i could finally leave to go look for a stranger. on my way out the door, though, i asked jen if she wanted to go stranger hunting. on a whim, she decided to take me up on it.
the two of us headed out the door into what was a beautiful day. i had heard reports of wonderful weather, but could only watch the people walk by through the windows of the café and speculate that the rumors were true. the sun was working its way down and i didn't have much time to be away from work, so we picked up our pace. jen was asking me all kinds of questions about the project and i was doing my best to answer them even though most of the "correct" answers change with my mood. i spotted a lone woman sitting on a bench and decided to ask her to be today's stranger.
just as i was about to open my mouth to give her the introduction, a group of high school girls accosted jen and me. the leader of the pack asked us to participate in her photography project. she has a facebook page called "the denver street style project" and she wanted to take a picture of the two of us. knowing i never have the right to decline any such offer for as long as i live, i was up for it. and jen, being a smart and rather observant cookie, immediately understood the irony of the situation. i asked the photographer if she would be a part of my project when she was done and she agreed.
she asked us to step into an open area that was about 20 feet away. we did. she told us to do whatever we wanted to, so i chose to look at jen and she turned to look at me and the two of us started laughing. that is the image the photographer chose. the two of us laughing... jen in her red shoes and cute hair cut and me in my green shoes and... well i don't know what else.
anyway, the whole experience was quite funny. when i started getting some information from the photographer, jen took off to make it to another appointment. we made our introductions and it turns out that the photographer's name was kelsey. she came across the fashion blog called "the sartorialist" and decided to take on a similar project right here in denver. kelsey grew up here in colorado and will be graduating from high school this spring. she will be attending colorado university at boulder in the fall and hopes to continue working on her fashion project as a hobby.
kelsey told me that this was the first day of her project. surprised, i looked over at her four friends and asked if that was her entourage. she said that it was and that they were all helping her take notes. i congratulated her on her ability to get that kind of support. deep down inside i couldn't help but wonder what her secret was.
thank you so much for your time today, kelsey. i wish you all the best on your project. and thanks so much for including me in it!
today's story is a little bit funny.
first, i'd like to say that there were at least 7 people that came by the café today that i desperately wanted to photograph. it was difficult to let them come and go without inviting them to participate. but, as is usually the case, it all worked out for the best.
second, i want to share some exciting news: a local television news reporter contacted me via email to ask if he could follow me around for a day and interview me on camera so that they could run a feature on this project! woohoo! i heart strangers is going to television!
ok... enough scenery... let's cut to the chase.
late in the afternoon i received a visit from wendy (stranger from 08 february, 2010). she came by the café with a man named tim and a woman named jen. in between customers and other duties at the café, the four of us chatted and had a lovely time doing so. after some time, wendy and tim left and jen went to get her haircut (the café is in a giant hair salon).
as the day was getting on, i started getting a little bit anxious about not having photographed today's stranger. i was waiting for one of the stylists to come take over for me for a little while so that i could look for on my hunt. the stylist was late, though. and that nervousness started getting worse. just shy of my panic attack, the stylist came over, apologizing for being late. just behind her was jen! and jen was apologizing for having taken so long getting her hair cut. i didn't care, i was just happy that i could finally leave to go look for a stranger. on my way out the door, though, i asked jen if she wanted to go stranger hunting. on a whim, she decided to take me up on it.
the two of us headed out the door into what was a beautiful day. i had heard reports of wonderful weather, but could only watch the people walk by through the windows of the café and speculate that the rumors were true. the sun was working its way down and i didn't have much time to be away from work, so we picked up our pace. jen was asking me all kinds of questions about the project and i was doing my best to answer them even though most of the "correct" answers change with my mood. i spotted a lone woman sitting on a bench and decided to ask her to be today's stranger.
just as i was about to open my mouth to give her the introduction, a group of high school girls accosted jen and me. the leader of the pack asked us to participate in her photography project. she has a facebook page called "the denver street style project" and she wanted to take a picture of the two of us. knowing i never have the right to decline any such offer for as long as i live, i was up for it. and jen, being a smart and rather observant cookie, immediately understood the irony of the situation. i asked the photographer if she would be a part of my project when she was done and she agreed.
she asked us to step into an open area that was about 20 feet away. we did. she told us to do whatever we wanted to, so i chose to look at jen and she turned to look at me and the two of us started laughing. that is the image the photographer chose. the two of us laughing... jen in her red shoes and cute hair cut and me in my green shoes and... well i don't know what else.
anyway, the whole experience was quite funny. when i started getting some information from the photographer, jen took off to make it to another appointment. we made our introductions and it turns out that the photographer's name was kelsey. she came across the fashion blog called "the sartorialist" and decided to take on a similar project right here in denver. kelsey grew up here in colorado and will be graduating from high school this spring. she will be attending colorado university at boulder in the fall and hopes to continue working on her fashion project as a hobby.
kelsey told me that this was the first day of her project. surprised, i looked over at her four friends and asked if that was her entourage. she said that it was and that they were all helping her take notes. i congratulated her on her ability to get that kind of support. deep down inside i couldn't help but wonder what her secret was.
thank you so much for your time today, kelsey. i wish you all the best on your project. and thanks so much for including me in it!
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