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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 :)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Stranger #24


Stranger #24-

What a gorgeous day! We've been so lucky with this spring-like weather in Philly! I had a crazy agenda today between going to class, needing to study for midterms, shoot pictures for a photography class, and of course, meet another stranger. I didnt think that I was going to meet this person while photographing in the park today, but Megans dog, Tank ran right up to me! He was honestly one of the prettiest dogs that I've ever seen! Megan was laughing as she ran behind him, so I thought it was perfect timing to say hi, introduce myself, and tell her about my project!

Meet Megan Synder. Megan is 23, and is a dance instructor, and still currently dances herself. She teaches all types of dance, from ballet to hiphop for toddlers to advanced classes. Megan is married, and today actually marked her 5 year anniversary with her husband! She happened to tell me that she wasnt having such a great day. Megan further explained, "I was coming home from Christina Luis Memorial park, and I saw a dog. The dog looked like it was charging, so I grabbed Tank. I know all the neighborhood dogs, but I didnt know this one. The dog didnt have a collar or a leash on, and I didnt even see its owner. A dump truck came charging and hit the dog. I was devastated; I started crying. I didnt know what to do!" As we were going back and forth about the incident, we agreed, regardless of how awfully sad the situation was, the dog should have definitely been on a leash. It sucks that the owner had to learn that way, and lost a dog, but you need to be more mindful of what could happen when you let a dog run loose. Even worse, Megan saw the whole thing. We spoke for a pretty good amount of time which led us into talking about her own dog, Tank!

Tank was awesome! He was so friendly, and guess what? He is a pit mix! I hate the rep that these dogs have because they're so incredibly sweet! Like any other dog, they just need proper training. Tank will be 8 months and he is over 75 pounds. He is a rescue dog and he was kept in a cage all day before Megan became his owner. Megan said "He is the best thing that has ever happened to me!" She also rescued a cat, who she named Taz. She found him under a  car one night and decided to take him in. I had a great conversation with Megan, she was such a sweetheart! Meeting people like Megan further exemplifies that I'm doing something right by doing this project. Meeting both, her and Tank actually made my day!


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