Category: Photography
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Stranger 68/100 – Shima
Stranger 68/100 – Shima “We’re from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, so we’ve come a long way.” Meet Shima. “So, we’re here for this convention (Termis, a medical convention focusing on regenerative medicine) as poets… we’re spoken word poets. We’re doing poems on stem cell therapy and regenerative tissue engineering.” Now how does poetry relate to that?…
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Stranger 67/100 – Remedy
“Hope, peace and happiness… that’s what I feel. That’s all the lesson we need right now.” Meet Remedy. Remedy, his real name, was born and raised in Charlotte and is a supervisor working at the airport. What advice would you give to your younger self? “Pursue your dreams and be steadfast in them… that’s what…
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Stranger 66/100 – Doug
What brings you uptown? “Just homelessness…” Meet Doug. How long have you been homeless? “This stint… I’ve been about three months out here.” What advice would you give to your younger self? “Stay in school… I stayed through high school just enough to graduate, and then I had to get away… from my father. My…
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Stranger 65/100 – Jessie
What brings you uptown? “Painting.” Meet Jessie. “Yeah, I used to paint a lot of people. I used to paint a lot of trees and stuff. I really want to be an architect, but they do a lot of computer work, so I don’t like that fact. I would rather take the same aspect of…
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Stranger 64/100 – Brittany
Our next stranger certainly sticks out from the crowd. Meet Brittany. What advice would you give to your younger self? “Be patient. Things aren’t always going to happen when you want them to happen. Things just gotta happen the way they want to.” So you believe in fate I guess? “Something like that, yeah.” What…
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Stranger 63/100 – Victoria
I met our next stranger as she was out with her fiancé, stranger #62 Tyler. Meet Victoria. “I am a student, and we just moved up here a few months ago. We were walking around trying to get lunch.” What advice would you give to your younger self? “Probably be more confident in myself. A…
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Stranger 62/100 – Tyler
I ran into our next stranger while he was out getting ready to have lunch with his fiancé. Meet Tyler. Tyler is originally from the Northeast and has lived in Charlotte for about two years. What kind of work do you do? “I work in technology.” What advice would you give to your younger self?…
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Stranger 61/100 – Grazia
“I walk all the time. I work. I write. I do many things, and I’m 80.” Meet Grazia. What advice would you give to your younger self? “The mind… take care of your mind. The mind is the most important.” I detect an accent… “”I’m originally from Italy, but I left 55 years ago. I’ve…
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Stranger 60/100 – Alvin
“I spent the last five years traveling to Ferguson, Baltimore, Berkeley, Chicago, Standing Rock, Milwaukee, Madison, Charlotte of course, Charlottesville…” Meet Alvin. Alvin is a featured photographer in a local exhibit called Know Justice, Know Peace — a community-created exhibit about police-involved shootings. What advice would you give to your younger self? “To do everything…
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Stranger 59/100 – Tony
Our next stranger works at a local coffee house. I approached him while he was playing Pokémon Go with a friend. “We did a couple of legendary raids…” Meet Tony. What do you do in your free time? “Hang out with friends mainly.” What advice would you give to your younger self? “Keep your chin…