Portraits of Strangers

I recently went on a business trip to Shanghai and Seoul. One week in each city. Like many folks on Instagram, I enjoy taking photographs of people I don’t know in public. Strangely, I realized that the majority of photographs I take on the street are of men.

MEN

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Often, these men were in motion…

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Most of the time they don’t notice me. But sometimes they stare back.

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Sometimes they were from a distance.

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I noticed that I took more photographs of women in the subway.

WOMEN

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Sometimes they were asleep.

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Often, I was trying to keep up…

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Sometimes, I felt overdressed…or underdressed?

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