This body of work is an exploration of trust, presence, and the anonymous portrait. The subjects are all individuals I encountered in public, whom I simply walked up to and asked to sit for a photograph.

I created this series during a period when I was coping with personal loss and felt a growing separation from the outside world. This work became my way of actively reaching out and reclaiming a connection. It was produced when we were all collectively navigating the aftermath of COVID, learning to trust proximity and each other again.

I deliberately limited the information exchanged before the sitting, ensuring the final image is a direct, unmediated response to the initial, unprompted request. I have always thought the easiest people to photograph were strangers; the more I know about a person, sometimes, the more of a challenge it becomes.

The final portfolio reflects only a portion of the attempts. Many refused to participate, a necessary friction that defines the series' boundaries. Ultimately, Strangers speaks to the inherent tension between anonymity and interconnectedness. Though the subjects remain strangers, the process creates a fleeting, shared human moment that suggests a deeper commonality among us all.