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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 :)

Monday, March 12, 2012

Stranger #29


Stranger #29

Meet Beverly Beck

"My husband passed from cancer (melanoma) last summer. He had it 20 years ago, and they thought they got rid of it all, but it came back. He fought the cancer for 15 months, and then passed away. He donated his body to science, so we are hoping that helps somebody somewhere. We have 3 kids, and our 25th anniversary is approaching in November. His goal was to be able to see our youngest graduate from grade school, and he did, he made it to see that! He didnt make it to see our oldest from graduating college, our big anniversary or my 50th birthday, but losing him really made me see the good in people. Everyone has been helping me a lot, cheering me up and sending flowers. Walking with friends has helped a lot too! Everyone out there is going through their own thing, I'm thankful and lucky for what I have, I try not to think about what I dont have!"- Beverly
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