#TwitterStrangers - Man Takes Photos of Complete Strangers at Their Request
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The point of the project is that he does not choose who he photographs nor where. In an interview he explained that one person picked him up from the train station, took him back to their house then into the woods. He did mention he knew someone who knew the person but reckons he would have done it regardless. The aim of the project is that he does not even have a say in how the subject should pose, so it is a complete surprise until the very end. He calls the project We Met As Strangers. 'I'd go for coffee with them first just for safety', admitting that meeting with strangers does have some element of risk.
He was intrigued to see how people react in real life, are they the same as their tweets? 'Quite often with social media I don't think people are being themselves' he said. So by meeting them and giving them permission to choose when, where and how, he might be able to get a glimpse of the real them. And sure enough, after meeting his 100 strangers, he was pleasantly surprised by the truthfulness of these Twitter lovers.
In honour of National @mjc_photography Day, here's a nice pic he took of me from our #TwitterStrangers photoshoot. pic.twitter.com/Lbds1toCII
— Will Howells (@willhowells) November 23, 2015
Having started with only three sign ups, the word spread fast and before he knew it subjects were lining up. He met a variety of people, including some who did not seem like the type of people who even enjoyed being photographed. But he soon realised that was the whole point to them. 'It transpired they were doing this as a step towards feeling a bit better about themselves'. Despite people calling the project 'a bit white', Chapman tried his best not to encourage any particular ethnicity as the aim of the project was for people to volunteer themselves. He was aware of the lack of straight men or maybe women, but that was just a result of the game. And as much as he would have loved for his theory of people being a bit weird be true, he found that all 100 people were great people. He said that it would have been interesting to see how a photograph of a person he did not get on with would have turned out, but all in all he cannot complain as every single person was a joy to work with.
So proud of @mjc_photography and what he achieved with #twitterstrangers read here: https://t.co/6RkCmDsrUB (No. 9) pic.twitter.com/YnCMCTyWhc
— John Holland (@jiholland111) November 23, 2015
Chapman's project may be over but he already has a few more ideas in store still using Twitter. He is hoping to meet with his 100 subjects again as he is pleased by their response to the shoots. Although only one photograph was chosen for the project, Chapman always sent copies to his subjects so that they had a chance to get rid of any they felt uncomfortable with before publishing. Having said that, some participants still posted the unofficial ones. Chapman is extremely pleased by the outcome of the project and I know I certainly look forward to hearing about his next one.
So here's all 100 strangers and I also wrote some words here if you're bothered: http://t.co/D9HNqsVKIR pic.twitter.com/nPC14M78pl
— Michael Chapman (@mjc_photography) October 12, 2015
Congratulations on hitting 100, @mjc_photography! Great project, such fun to be part of #twitterstrangers pic.twitter.com/FonRUDaqyw
— Thorbjorn Tellefsen (@tweetofthunder) September 29, 2015
Sooo when we get to 100 are we gonna have a mahoosive #twitterstrangers party to celebrate @mjc_photography??
— Russell Norton (@russyork) September 17, 2015
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#TwitterStrangers - Man Takes Photos of Complete Strangers at Their Request
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