100 Strangers : Round 2 : No. 112 : Jade by phil_howcroft

100 Strangers : Round 2 : No. 112 : Jade

When we were in Nottingham on Saturday I had a walk around Hockley and the Lace Market as it is an excellent place to meet a stranger for my project.

I also nipped into the Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery and took a peek at their USA photography exhibition.

Outside the gallery I met Jade, who was "front of house" for a performance of music and spoken word that was about to start.

Jade gave me an information leaflet about the performance and recommended I stay and listen for a while.

While talking to Jade I told her about my 100 strangers project and asked her if she would be one of my strangers. As you can see by the photo , Jade agreed to take part.

There was quite a lot of low autumnal sun around the gallery front, so I asked Jade if she would stand in the shade.

Jade works as a Gallery Assistant at the Contemporary and graduated with an Arts degree from Manchester.

Jade naturally struck a great pose, looking at me from over her shoulder (perhaps that was her Art training).

I took a few shots of Jade and showed them to her on the back of the camera. I gave her a card and told her to contact me if she wanted copies of the shots.

I received an email yesterday from Jade asking if the photos were ready. I sent some over to her last night and Jade liked them and is going to post some on her social media.

I told Jade, I would post her mono shot as I really liked the mono images.

Thanks for being stranger 112 Jade, it was a pleasure to meet you.

This is stranger number 112 in my second round of 100 strangers. To find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

https://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/

My own strangers can be seen here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/57144254@N08/albums/72157657822400168
thanks for sharing the story as well as the lovely protrait.
i hope i will be brave enough to do this soon.
November 15th, 2017  
@gq go for it, it is really nnot that daunting once you get your first stranger :)
November 15th, 2017  
Lovely photo of Jade, she looks a confident pretty girl doing something she enjoys!
November 15th, 2017  
@happypat thanks Pat, I sent some photos to jade and she really liked them :)
November 15th, 2017  
Super shot Phil.
November 15th, 2017  
You got yourself a pretty model for free, Phil. And you have taken a professional picture. Fav.
November 16th, 2017  
lovely photo and story
November 16th, 2017  
Awesome shot
November 16th, 2017  
Nice street capture.
November 16th, 2017  
Lovely girl, super image, Phil, well done...fav
November 17th, 2017  
I like the angle of her head and her rather enigmatic expression.
November 20th, 2017  
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