stranger

My name is Carlos Chavez, and a couple of years ago I completed a "100 Strangers Project." I never expected this project to become as important to me as it is.

Taking photographs of strangers can be a daunting task, especially for us more reserved photographers; however, it can also produce some of the most rewarding and impressive work. To that end, photographer Jimmy Hickey put together this informative video to help shy photographers get comfortable approaching strangers on the street.

Asking a stranger on the street to take your picture often leaves you shaking your head afterwards. That's because, for some reason, most people seem to think the ideal portrait has you standing smack in the middle of the frame.

To solve this problem, photographer and Reddit user EMDX has come up with a very useful and simple little tip.

The New York City subway can be a cold place, metaphorically speaking. Headphones, cell phones, that one Seamless ad they've no doubt already read 600 times, whatever their approach, people go to great lengths to avoid communicating with the other people in the car.

So what happens when one of those people breaks, not only the unwritten rule against talking, but touching! How do people react on the subway when a complete stranger falls asleep on their shoulder?

What are we to do when the standard selfie becomes boring and mundane? Well, I'm pretty sure 23-year-old YouTuber Jason Rodjanapanyakul figured it out.

If a stranger suddenly grabs your camera and takes a photograph, who owns the copyright to that photograph? Photographer …