The idea of this project comes from a flickr group that is dedicated to users sharing their photos and stories of their 100 strangers.
The project involves the photographer asking random strangers for their
photos, and hopefully for a bit of information about them. It's a great
way of practicing not only photography but people skills. It takes guts
to go up to a stranger, talk to them and not sound like a
stalker/prat/weirdo. It is also a way of paying more attention to your
environment, establishing a connection with people you would normally
ignore or pass by without a word, even though you find them interesting.
I work in a trendy area of London full of interesting faces and until
now I have always felt it was such a shame there was no way I could get
to know them a little more.
In this blog I document my journey and hopefully, when I look back
at the end, I will be able to see a positive improvement in both my
photography and my way of approaching people. Who knows, I might even do
another round of the project if I end up loving it - I've seen people
in their third or fourth rounds!
