C'est Nathan, de Marseille en France. Nathan est étudiant à l'Université de Nottingham Trent. Nathan est un étudiant en marketing
I met Nathan at the Forest in Nottingham (that’s a district of Nottingham, not Sherwood Forest !!!). Nathan was stood outside the entrance to a community garden and handing out leaflets to promote the garden. Anybody could attend the gardens on Tuesdays to enjoy the joy of gardening. The gardens belonged to Nottingham City Council. I asked Nathan if he worked for the council, Nathan explained he was a student doing a marketing degree of Nottingham Trent University and this was a placement for his course, he did not get paid for his work, it was all part of learning how to communicate with the public.
Nathan is from Marseille in the South of France and thought the work placement was a good opportunity to practice his English and meet people. Nathan told me he liked studying in Nottingham as it was a great city. I said Marseille looks like a nice city and you also have the Mediterranean sea. Nathan said he liked the sun from Marseille as Nottingham could be cold ! I asked Nathan if he followed Olympic Marseille football club. He said he did and we then had a chat about football. Nathan asked if I played football ! I told him when I was his age I did ! Nathan also told me he liked to play golf.
I then asked Nathan if he would take part in my strangers project. “Sure of course” said Nathan. I took several shots of Nathan all of which he looked quite serious in them. I told Nathan he could smile if he wanted to. When I showed Nathan the photos on the camera screen, Nathan thought they were really good and agreed the ones he was smiling in were the best.
Nathan, merci d'avoir participé à mon projet sur les étrangers. C'était un plaisir de vous rencontrer
He looks relaxed and friendly. Nice that he wants to broaden his knowledge and practice speaking English. I've always believed that it's a good idea to be able to speak more than one language fluently.
Beautiful portrait shot of Nathan. I thought he was a fellow photographer because of what looks like a camera bag hanging from his shoulder. Nathan has a lovely, almost shy smile on his face which you well captured.
Well Nathan is a very attractive Frenchman so I guess he will be attractive a few visitors to the garden himself! 🤣🤣 well done on your French too Phil!
Toutes en Francais j'espere Phil?
What a great story and shot of Nathan. I believe it's quite unusual for you to have photographed a man Phil. Am I right?
@busylady Judith over the 300+ strangers it is a fairly even split of male / female . I've photographed several ladies recently. My last male stranger was 5 strangers prior , the polish pan drummer . Thanks for your kind words and visit
It's always interesting to see your subjects and read a little about them - it just goes to prove how varied people and their lives are and yet they are all the same in many ways too: our worries, hopes, fears, the mundane and necessary aspects of our daily lives. I'm all for learning about each others' cultures and respecting them but I think we'd do a lot more towards ending racism if we also made more of an effort to educate people about how very alike we are.
As usual, you have provoked my thoughts - and also a waffly comment! :-D
@dulciknit Alison, waffle as much as you like, your comments are always good to read and on point. I am proud of my strangers series, I think it is diverse and eclectic and I hope it reflects the multicultural society we live in .
What a great story and shot of Nathan. I believe it's quite unusual for you to have photographed a man Phil. Am I right?
As usual, you have provoked my thoughts - and also a waffly comment! :-D
@happypat thanks Pat, I had a little help from google translate with the French !!!
@bkbinthecity thanks
@beryl glad you think so beryl , many thanks
@sangwann thanks Dione, Nathan's bag had a set of leaflets in it , promoting the garden
@salza thanks for your visit and lovely words sally
@gavj cheers Gavin, much appreciated
@allie912 Allison, I have to confess I had a bit of assistance with google translate with the French :)
@christinav thanks Christina, it was a good meet
@pdulis thanks Pete
@ljmanning Laura thank you for your lovely comment and support
@marlboromaam thanks mags, he is indeed :) x