I’d been taking photos of the group of young ladies, all of whom were Fashion, Art and Design students chilling out in their lunch break last Wednesday afternoon (I still have one photo to post of Mika).
As I walked away from the group a young man, who’d been watching me take the photos, asked me if I wanted to photograph him. I thought he was joking at first, but he really wanted me to take his photo.
Meet Dawood (I think that’s the correct spelling), he told me it meant David. Dawood was born in Afghanistan but he was brought up in Iran and he is studying both English and Fashion, Art and Design. I asked him if he was a Bahai, as I’d worked with a colleague for many years who was of Iranian / Persian heritage and he was a Bahai. Dawood told me he wasn’t Bahai , he was a Christian and went on to tell me that it was very difficult for Baha’is in Iran. I told him my friend (who was my age), fled Persia as a young man and has never returned.
Dawood went on to tell me that his cousin has a tailors shop in Kings walk, which fits in well with his college course syllabus
We added each other on social media and I showed him the photos on the back of my camera.
Thanks for asking me to photograph you Dawood. I hope you like this photo.
It's the first time for me to read that the poser came to you and not you using your magic wand to make them agree to sit for you. You got a great portrait of the guy, Phil, and I'm sure he was very thankful when he saw your pictures.
@beryl thanks beryl , glad you like
@corinnec merci Corinne , your support is always much appreciated