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photographing strangers on the street

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Today I took photos of strangers on the street. An English couple wanted to know who I though I was, pulling a stunt like walking up to the seated half of the couple and asking if I could take her photo. There she was, holding her purse in her lap and looking off to her left, while on her right was one of those bronze life-size statues of a woman holding her purse on her lap and looking of to her left (the same direction). Great shot, but not meant to be. Kooky English!

I also picked up a Dimage 7 digital camera in the photo shop where I get my negatives developed. It didn't have the battery in it, but I thought it was at once strangely light in weight, gimmacky in feeling, and festooned with controls. I worry about the not-so-far-off date when I'll have to buy something along those lines simply because film is dying.