Image Description: In my last visits to downtown i have seen a lot of paramedics and i felt i had to photograph one for the project. I was near el teatro principal when i saw Alfonso walking towards me, his uniform caught my atention, i was hoping him to be a paramedic, if not, still is interesting to meet people who dedicates some of his time to help a good cause.
Alfonso was using headphones, he didn't listen to me at first and with the risk of being annoying, i waved my hands to get his atention, i did it and he didn't got upset because of that. Alfonso was very serious, he asked what was the purpose of the photos because with his uniform he is representing an institution, i explained more the project and he had no problem.
Alfonso has been a paramedic for 2 years, to become one it took him one year of preparation. Before being a paramedic, he worked as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company untill it closed. Stupidly i forgot to ask why did he turn into a paramedic. Seriously i would have been a lousy journalist.
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En mis últimas visitas al centro había visto muchos paramedicos y sentí que tenía que fotografiar a uno para el proyecto. Estaba cerca del teatro principal cuando vi a Alfonso caminando hacia mi, me llamó la atención su uniforme, esperaba que fuera paramedico, si no, de todas maneras es intersante conocer a gente que dedica algo de su tiempo para ayudar a una buena causa.
Alfonso estaba usando audifonos, no me escuchó al principio y con el riesgo de parecer odioso, moví mis manos para llamar su atención, lo logré y de paso no se molestó. Alfonso fue muy serio, me pregunto para qué eran lsas fotos ya que con su uniforme estaba representando a una institución, le expliqué y no tuvo problema.
Alfonso es paramedico desde hace 2 años, para llegar a serlo le tomó un año de preparación. Antes de eso, trabajaba como un representante de ventas para una compañia farmaceutica hasta que cerró. Estupidamente se me olvidó preguntarle porque decidió ser paramedico. Enserio que hubiera sido un pesimo periodista.
This picture is #78 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Model: NIKON D3000
X-Resolution: 240 dpi
Y-Resolution: 240 dpi
Resolution Unit: inches
Compression: JPEG (old-style)
Image Description: Since the end of daylight saving time i wasn't very eager to look for strangers at night, because unless i'm shooting light painting/long exposure related, taking pictures at night gets very difficult for me. But since one of the objectives of the project is to take the photographer out of his/hers comfort zone, i decided to stay a bit more after dusk and photograph at least one person.
Before i kept looking for strangers, i prepared my flash, put batteries that were charged a day before, took a few test shots and at that moment everything was ok. I was walking trought the alley were i met Abigail and Esteban, saw Ángel sitting on a bench, i approached to talk about the project and he had no problem.
I knew i had to use my flash, so i warned Ángel about it. I turned it on and waited for it to charge... it never did. FML i said to myself. I was prepared and i had another set of batteries, and also it was a good thing that Ángel was patient and gave me the chance to change them, they worked this time.
Ángel is an advertising communication and design student who's about to finish, in fact his graduation is this December. After graduating his planning to go to Guadalajara to find a job in an advertising studio, gain experience and then get a work for any advertising studio in Mexico City.
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Desde el cambio de horario no me había animado a buscar desconocidos en la noche, porque a menos que vaya a hacer barridos, tomar fotos de noche se me complica bastante. Pero ya que uno de los objetivos de éste proyecto es sacar al fotografo de su zona de confort, decidí quedarme un rato más después de que obscureciera y fotografiar almenos a una persona.
Antes de seguir buscando personas, preparé mi flash, le puse baterías que había cargado un día antes, tomé un par de fotos de prueba y todo bien hasta ahí. Iba caminando por el callejon donde conocí a Abigail y Esteban, vi a Ángel sentado en una banca, me acerqué para hablarle del proyecto y no tuvo problema.
Sabía que iba a tener que usar el flash, así que le advertí del destello a Ángel. Prendí el flash y esperé a que cargara... nunca cargo. FML me dije a mi mismo. Tenía otro juego de baterías, lo bueno que Ángel fue paciente y me dió la oportunidad de cambiarlas, en esta ocasión si funcionaron.
Ángel es estudiante de Comunicación Publicitaria y Diseño que está muy cerca de terminar, de hecho en Diciembre es su graduación. Después de graduarse planea irse a Guadalajara a buscar trabajo en estudios publicitarios para adquirir experiencia y después conseguir un empleo en algun estudio del D.F. Muchas gracias Ángel y disculpa las dificultades técnicas.
This picture is #79 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
