This is Aya, who I met and photographed at the same time as Stranger 329, Pratyush.
Aya is a second year Journalism student and was conducting recorded interviews with her friend Pratyush at the Nottingham beach as part of her degree course. The beach is an annual summer event where the seaside comes to Nottingham.
Aya, is from Bulgaria and was a willing participant in my 100 strangers project. She added me on Instagram before I took her photo. She was impressed with my photos and stopped on one and said “I know these two ladies”. I told her they ran the Crepe food stall on the fair and I’d photographed them at Pride a few weeks ago. “We interviewed them for our project” Aya told me.
I asked Aya what career she intended to pursue once she graduated, Journalism? Aya told me she didn’t want to be a Journo’, she thought she would do an MA in a different subject altogether. Maybe Marketing. I told her she’s marketed the interview with me well, so perhaps it was a good choice.
I thanked Aya for the photos and wished her well for the future
Another beautiful portrait, Phil. You get so many different persons with different personalities and ambitions. I like to read your narrative as much as to see your beautiful portraits.
@delboy207 Del, thanks for your visit and observation. I think you might be surprised by the stats, my last 34 strangers have been 12 male and 3 transgender, so I think that's quite a good mix :)
@busylady thanks Judith , I never ask the sitters to smile , I just tell them where to stand and where to look :)
@busylady thanks Judith , I never ask the sitters to smile , I just tell them where to stand and where to look :)