Through this project I plan to integrate my love of portrait photography with my curiosity of the people around me. Through meeting people I hope to further open peoples minds to the differences between individuals and to hopefully ask the person a question that sparks a thought past our 10 minute interaction.
By combining my passion for photography and my love of people I've decided to create Strange(r) People.
Strange(r) People is about comparing peoples thoughts and outlooks while giving them meaning through relating them to a portrait. By putting a face to the answers I hope to increase the meaning and impact of each response. Also, Strange(r) People will never release the name of the person - it's both completely irrelevant and it may also cause some privacy issues.
This is just the beginning of Strange(r) People and it will probably change in a few ways over time. I will hopefully post a new update each week and with each update will probably come an improvement to the blog. Strange(r) People is also a way for me to further practice my portraiture skills; depending on my mood that week the photos could be shot completely different than the week before. I also plan on changing at least one of the questions each week and that will also depend on my mood, interest, or perspective that week.
If anyone has any questions to recommend I would love to hear them! If you're curious about other peoples perspectives on something e-mail me the question (contact@dylanleeder.com) and it may end up answered!
So, introducing for the first time... Strange(r) People:
Q. Where are you going?
A. Nowhere, I'm painting.
Q. What do you do?
A. I'm an artist. Yeah, I paint.
Q. When you were a kid what did you want to do when you grew up?
A. Be the Prime Minister.
Q. What is one thing you think the world could do without?
A. Religion.
Q. Where is your favorite place to be?
A. Vancouver Island
Q. Are you happy?
A. Yes.
Q. Where are you going?
A. A book store.
Q. What do you do?
A. Environmental design student.
Q. When you were a kid what did you want to do when you grew up?
A. Study dinosaurs and cars.
Q. What is one thing you think the world could do without?
A. Cars. They're completely destructive and shouldn't have been invented.
Q. Where is your favorite place to be?
A. My Nana's house or the city - I need them both.
Q. Are you happy?
A. I'd say right in the middle.
Q. Where are you going?
A. To Korea Town.
Q. What do you do?
A. I'm a nurse.
Q. When you were a kid what did you want to do when you grew up?
A. Be an astronaut.
Q. What is one thing you think the world could do without?
A. Politicians - because they take so much of our money. We should make our decisions ourselves.
Q. Where is your favorite place to be?
A. Back home in the Philippines.
Q. Are you happy?
A. Yes.
Q. Where are you going?
A. To a good friends.
Q. What do you do?
A. I'm a musician - synth and keys.
Q. When you were a kid what did you want to do when you grew up?
A. A super hero... and when I was in grade six I wanted to be a plumber.
Q. What is one thing you think the world could do without?
A. Keys - so people never locked their doors. I wish we didn't have to.
Q. Where is your favorite place to be?
A. In the kitchen with friends or... the bathroom with friends.
Q. Are you happy?
A. Yes.
Q. Where are you going?
A. Home.
Q. What do you do?
A. I'm a fine art student but I really enjoy sending strangers letters. I call it Burden Box...
(Check it out! http://burdenbox.blogspot.com/)
Q. When you were a kid what did you want to do when you grew up?
A. Famous - but that's completely changed... I'd say it's the opposite now.
Q. What is one thing you think the world could do without?
A. Smell - not that I really want that.
Q. Where is your favorite place to be?
A. Anywhere there's long grass.
Q. Are you happy?
A. I'm content.
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