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100 Strangers Project: Enrique and Ben

Enrique and Ben - Strangers no more.

There is a nice project on flickr that I found interesting. It is called “100 Strangers“, which is a photo challenge to take 100 portraits of total strangers according to its website.

Guy as in Gee, a Jersey City resident, is a participant of that project. He actually travels a lot, and takes a lot of good pictures like this one featured here on JCRegister.com a few months ago.

Below are his stranger numbers 12 and 13 - Ben and Enrique, with a short description of how he met them. Links to their original photo included.

ENRIQUE

“…I met Enrique as he ate his lunch near Central Ave. In Jersey City. He heard a little bit of a fuss as police responded to an accident involving a possible druken driver.

Enrique was enjoying his pork and corn. He is a painter and probably a Yankee fan. He has been living here for about 6 years after emmigrating from Mexico… Larger photo here. “

BEN

“…Ben is a letter carrier in Jersey City. He has been pounding the pavement for over 10 years. As time goes by, and Ben gets older, he says it gets a little bit harder to climb the stairs…” Larger photo here.

Guy said that he saw Ben on Pavonia Avenue near Hamilton Park.

On a personal note, the project is really a challenge, as it takes a lot of guts to talk to a complete stranger and taking his/her picture. However, imagine this, if 10 JC residents join the project, and they meet 10 different strangers every week, at some point, we will all know everyone and give each other a nod when we meet on the streets.

How cool is that?

How long do you think it will take to cover 240,000 residents (JC Population)?

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