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I'm not doing this project to necessarily make new longterm friends, or go have a drink with these people. Nor is it to pass any judgements on ones life. My goal is to simply meet interesting, and maybe not so interesting strangers who I wouldve never taken the time to talk to otherwise. One that may differ, or perhaps relate to my own life. So many times, you walk past someone, and they wont even raise their head in the slightest to say hello. I'll never understand why. The challenge to myself is not only to surpass that simple hello with one person a day, but to convince them to look into my lens and tell me something about themselves. My name is Amanda Surkin, and this is my journey of meeting 100 new faces. Take the time to listen, you may learn something :)

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Stranger #62

Meet Marc.

"I was involved with the first Earth day in NYC in 1970. I did the clean air car race from MIT to Pasadena. In that race in 1970, we had hybrid cars, and it took all this time to get out to the public. It took 7 days to drive across the country. The government paid for the race, and here we are 42 years later with hybrid cars!"- Marc

If you want to read more on the clean air race- http://www.electricauto.com/hist_trip_03.html

Friday, April 13, 2012

Stranger #61

Meet Becca Goldbach.

"I'm a feminist but I'm not crazy! A lot of people have this idea that feminists run around with picket signs and not shave their armpits. I just want equality. I'm taking a feminist theory class, and I complain about gender equality in the world. I believe people should be respected based on their talents and accomplishments rather than their gender. I define feminism as an ideology that's based on a premise that people are inherently equal and there shouldn't be discrimination based on superficial aspects of a person"- Becca


Thursday, April 12, 2012

Stranger #60

Meet Emily.


"I'm an art major with a concentration in pre-art therapy. I was going to do drawing but they didn't offer the program when I came here. I make a lot of my own jewelry, mostly hemp jewelry. I was going to sell it, but I haven't gotten around to it. I feel weird calling myself an artist because I'm not really doing shows and I'm still a student. I do mostly figure drawing and some some paining. Pretty much outside of class, I do mostly portraits. I do a lot of nude figure drawing in classes. I like to watch a lot of movies. I'm a little bit of a nerd; I  play video games and I guess that's kinda nerdy at my age. I don't watch any sports, but I did when I was younger. I want to be an art therapist, so i'll be going on to grad school when I graduate." - Emily

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Stranger #59


Meet Becky Fish.

"I'm 30, and I've been into kites since I was 12. I saw a guy in Connecticut near a light house while I was with my family and he had a dual line line. We stopped and watched, and he taught us how to fly it. When I was 16, I saw some of those same kites in a hobby shop. I had just enough money in gift certificates from my birthday to purchase one, and I still have it! I competed in tournaments in Wild Wood for three years, but I never won. Ever since, it's been fun recreation. I've also done kite aerial photography, it takes wonderful birds eye view photos!- Becky


Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Stranger 58-


 Meet Maggie Kennan


"I'm a sophmore, and I just turned 20. I got accepted to study abroad in Paris in September, and I just wrote my letter of introduction to my host family there. This is what I've always wanted to do since I was a little! I'm really really excited. All of my classes are in french, so I'm hoping to be fluent before I go. I went to Paris for preview, and fell in love with the city! I feel that Paris would be a great jumping off point for the rest of Europe!"- Maggie 

Monday, April 9, 2012

Stranger #57

Meet Samantha Valerio.


"I'm 19, I work at Rita's, and I've been working here for 3 years. I overcame depression. I was diagnosed, and it was due to a break up. I overcame my depression when I realized it just wasn't worth it. I was with him for 2 years. When you see the first signs, don't struggle, or beat yourself up over it. Just walk away early, or it will make your break up worse. I go to Bucks County Community College and I'm a communication major. I want to go into sports broadcasting!" - Samantha  

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Stranger #56

Meet Christine L. Cattani, Esquire.

"I'm a criminal defense attorney. I handle felonies, sex offenders, big 10-20 year cases, etc. Before going into law, I was a classical pianist. My true passion is horses! My old gray horse is named Slickers, and he just turned 34 on April 1st. I've had Slickers for 13 years, but I got my first pony at 6 years old"- Christine