Picturing the Other

So I admit that this picture does not qualify as a PTO picture, mostly because i already knew this person, but i thought it was hilarious so I included it. "Let me see your GRILL!"




This picture is more PTO acceptable. I was walking around Ashland and saw these guys long boarding and asked if i could take there picture. I decided this picture didn't count 100% as a PTO because they are not very different from me as far as age or race... but this exercise was mainly to get us to get pictures of people we don't know right?

So if there was a PTO picture that truly is following the guidelines of the assignment, it would be this one. When i walked up to this woman, she was half way through a cig and didn't look like she was having the best day. I introduced myself and told her about the assignment. She allowed me to take her picture. Yet this isnt the picture i wanted. Once i had permission to take her picture i felt like i needed to hurry and get it done, I could tell she was kinda shy and not sure why her picture was being taken. If i could do it again i would have changed angles so the sun wasn't casting that nasty shadow across her face, I would also try to get a more candid shot of her puffin on that cig. But this is what i got. BTW this was taken in Medford and this was the first person i encountered on the street that day. She was the only one that made eye contact with me and allowed me to engage her in conversation. I was trying to establish contact with the other people on the street but i couldn't even get eye contact. I don't know if it was the SOU hoodie i had on or that combined with the giant camera in my had that made people so cold to me. In general i think it was Medfords contempt for Ashland is what made this assignment difficult in downtown Medford.