andrew . 43 years old / denver . colorado
i went downtown to pick up my friend hillary from work. i arrived early so i decided to begin the search for the day's stranger while waiting. by the time she finished her day, i had not found anyone, so we walked around together, looking for someone to stand out. we hadn't walked for very long when hillary said something about a helicopter. i hadn't noticed them, but four men were standing in a garden in front of a big building, flying toy helicopters. we made our way closer and watched them as they lifted a miniature, twin-propeller (are they called propellers on a helicopter?), army-green helicopter into the air. one young man held the controls as the other three gave him their opinions on how to fly it. in the end, it flew up very high and drifted over to the neighboring building, where it landed on the roof - a roof they didn't know how to access.
the three younger men took off, eagerly looking for a means to retrieve their stray helicopter. the fourth man, a bit older than the others walked by hillary and me and said something as he passed. he had a big smile on his face and had kind eyes, so i decided to ask him to be today's stranger. he tried to get me to photograph all of the guys together, but the other three were in hot pursuit. in the end, i think andrew was glad to be a part of it.
he asked if we wanted to see "the graveyard". intrigued, hillary and i followed him up the back stairs to his office where there was an entire shelf serving as the burial grounds to a number of deceased helicopters. andrew explained that those were the ones that have done their duty and are now out of commission. they are currently being used for parts. the guys take a few breaks throughout the day to fly their helicopters, most of which they purchase from china. when we met andrew he was carrying his own, which was of a bit higher quality than most of the others.
andrew said he has had two jobs during his working career: first, he served in the military as an interrogator and now he works as a headhunter for the remy corporation. he said they direct most of their attention towards the IT world. i don't really understand how it all works, so i will let you look into that on your own. i do know that andrew seemed like a really happy sort of guy. and, from what i could tell, he seemed like a very great boss. he said he really enjoys his job, something that was very obvious from our short interaction with him and his staff.
andrew complimented me for doing this project. i don't know if he could sense my current frustration with it, but the kind words he offered me served as a great encouragement. he told us that he really likes humans and finds them very fascinating. he compared some of the aspects of interrogating to my daily observances of strangers and made me feel credible. it was quite nice. in the end, andrew suggested that we go to a restaurant called "tag" and he gave us a voucher for a free drink. we went directly there and ran into another former stranger on the way and had a lovely chat with her. then, inside the restaurant, we were treated to a wonderful experience of the food and beverage variety.
thanks so much, andrew. really.
i went downtown to pick up my friend hillary from work. i arrived early so i decided to begin the search for the day's stranger while waiting. by the time she finished her day, i had not found anyone, so we walked around together, looking for someone to stand out. we hadn't walked for very long when hillary said something about a helicopter. i hadn't noticed them, but four men were standing in a garden in front of a big building, flying toy helicopters. we made our way closer and watched them as they lifted a miniature, twin-propeller (are they called propellers on a helicopter?), army-green helicopter into the air. one young man held the controls as the other three gave him their opinions on how to fly it. in the end, it flew up very high and drifted over to the neighboring building, where it landed on the roof - a roof they didn't know how to access.
the three younger men took off, eagerly looking for a means to retrieve their stray helicopter. the fourth man, a bit older than the others walked by hillary and me and said something as he passed. he had a big smile on his face and had kind eyes, so i decided to ask him to be today's stranger. he tried to get me to photograph all of the guys together, but the other three were in hot pursuit. in the end, i think andrew was glad to be a part of it.
he asked if we wanted to see "the graveyard". intrigued, hillary and i followed him up the back stairs to his office where there was an entire shelf serving as the burial grounds to a number of deceased helicopters. andrew explained that those were the ones that have done their duty and are now out of commission. they are currently being used for parts. the guys take a few breaks throughout the day to fly their helicopters, most of which they purchase from china. when we met andrew he was carrying his own, which was of a bit higher quality than most of the others.
andrew said he has had two jobs during his working career: first, he served in the military as an interrogator and now he works as a headhunter for the remy corporation. he said they direct most of their attention towards the IT world. i don't really understand how it all works, so i will let you look into that on your own. i do know that andrew seemed like a really happy sort of guy. and, from what i could tell, he seemed like a very great boss. he said he really enjoys his job, something that was very obvious from our short interaction with him and his staff.
andrew complimented me for doing this project. i don't know if he could sense my current frustration with it, but the kind words he offered me served as a great encouragement. he told us that he really likes humans and finds them very fascinating. he compared some of the aspects of interrogating to my daily observances of strangers and made me feel credible. it was quite nice. in the end, andrew suggested that we go to a restaurant called "tag" and he gave us a voucher for a free drink. we went directly there and ran into another former stranger on the way and had a lovely chat with her. then, inside the restaurant, we were treated to a wonderful experience of the food and beverage variety.
thanks so much, andrew. really.
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