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The Solitude of Strangers

Medium · Art & Creativity · 2017 · 272 words

Visa presents a collection of candid photographs of strangers and finds beauty and poignancy in solitary moments and everyday scenes.

The Solitude of Strangers

Visakan Veerasamy · Medium · 2017-06-04

There’s something poignant and beautiful about a person in a world of their own.

I like to take pictures. When looking through my Instagram, I realize that some of my favorite pictures are of strangers. Is it okay to take photographs of strangers? I’m not sure. But it’s something I like to do from time to time, when I spot a good moment. I do try to be ‘respectful’, deleting pictures that seem too intimate or intrusive.

Here are some of my favorites, in (roughly) reverse chronological order.

solo dreamer boy
smoke break
Man on train Facetime-ing a loved one
lovers in the rain
boy meets puddle
smoker at bus interchange, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
founder/CEO takes a phone call
a man and his bird
child in playground, 2017
provision shop uncle enjoying his afternoon nap
solitary uncle resting on his scooter
cigarettes and conversation
boy in his own world
cat at rest in busy train station
strangers drunk in love and laughter
couple capturing a moment (Cebu, Phillippines)
Solitary bricklayer working all day (Cebu, Philippines)
uncle enjoying the scenery
a woman overlooking a block of flats
A couple taking #OOTD photos on Hari Raya
I’m at a payphone / trying to call home / all of my change I spent on you
person enjoying the view from an infinity pool in Krabi, Thailand
A migrant worker building the sky
Proposal at Star Vista (she said yes!)
CBD on the weekend
Workers sleeping in the back of a truck (Bangkok, Thailand)
Solitary artist at work
It’s raining men (Red Lions at Sembawang Air Base)

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Originally published at https://medium.com/@visakanv/the-solitude-of-strangers-526ab2e56224.