david carrales | photography

People | Gallery Two

	When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! Ted Grant
Old Lady of the Streets. Portland, Oregon September 2007	"People are strange, when you're a stranger," wrote Jim Morrison of The Doors.  I suppose there's some truth to that. Perhaps that's the attraction to taking pictures of random people as I wander the streets while on my travels.  For example, this indigent old woman asked me for a light on the streets of Portland, Oregon.  I shrugged my shoulders to say she was out of luck.  She responded with a word that rhymes with luck. No worries.  I've been called worse.
Taylor. Denali Park, Alaska May 2008	I don't think "strange" is negative. It's what catches my eye.  It's what makes that little voice in my head say, "take the picture." I have been moved to ask for a complete stranger to pose.  Taylor was a waitress at the Denali Park Salmon Bake restaurant/brewery in Alaska. The brewery featured "Baked Blonde" beer which you see proudly displayed on her t-shirt. She was a bit taken aback by the request, but turned on the charm and struck this nice pose.  I had only one opportunity to get it right and lucked out. I made small talk with Taylor after the shot, asking her name and where she was from.  "Austin, Texas," was her reply.  Small world.