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Malcom Stevens of Madison is surrounded by his lovely daughters (from L-R) Brenda, Jolice, and Jada outside their home in Madison, Wisconsin.

I set out much later then usual to snap my pictures for today and felt like going a different direction. While walking down Johnson Street I came across a man and a woman sitting on their front porch seemingly enjoying the beautiful Sunday afternoon. He looked and saw the camera around my neck and instantly asked me to take a photo of him and his wife. While I took a few pictures, I wasn't totally satisfied and I heard giggling: looking up to see three girls looking at me through the windows. I continued to shoot as he identified himself as Malcom and his wife Devona, he being the talker told me of his new R&B single called "message" found on sound cloud. As it turns out up until 1.5 years ago Malcom and his family of eight were homeless living in a broke down minivan in a parking lot on Madison's East side. Through donations to the Salvation Army, they were able to get enough money to rent out a house and have lived there ever since. The evening news even ran a story about them (if mine doesn't do justice you can watch it on youtube @ Home for the Holidays.

The girls continued to giggle as Malcom expressed interest in my 365 journey as well as my 100 strangers project (now on round two obviously). He told me that I am a story in myself, the journey of taking photos everyday of people, places, and things; could be turned into a cool piece of music. I gave him the permission to do so, as long as he let me have a copy. As we chatted Malcom summoned the girls outside and proceeded to tell them about my pictures, so instead of a photo of Malcom with his wife I offered to snap a photo of him with his daughters. Jolice (at top of frame) had complained that her hair wasn't in the greatest of shape, but after clicking a couple photos and sharing them all the girls were very happy with how they came out. I wish Malcom and his family all the best in the years to come, and will definitely stop by to drop off a copy of this photo for him.

I've decided to count this as one stranger in my 100 more strangers project because a family is about a group not just one individual. Be sure to check out the 100 strangers group here on flickr to see some rather awesome portrait photography!
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Taken on: June 9, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/4.0, 1/200 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
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