Stranger #124: Unknown - a photo on Flickriver

While waiting for my next stranger, I was approached by this man who showed me a sheet of paper while speaking some mixture of borken English and broken Italian.
I think he's original from Afghanistan and when he spelled his name I could not understand.
If you followed my work, you'd know that I usually don't take portraits of beggars, I dont usually shoot men and I find it extremely difficult to ask for portraits to people of a certain age: this time I broke all the above rules.
I got very much interested in this man's eyes and it felt almost natural to exchange few money for a few shots: we both got something for almost nothing.
The result, on my camera screen seemed rather dark, but all the few images looked great after some minimal adjustments: I love my 85mm lens!
I just tend to get too close to the subject most of the times...
I thought I would not post this for my strangers project, but at the end I think it's worth it

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This picture is #124 in my second round of the 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

Taken on: July 28, 2017

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Sets appears in: • 100strangers - Round #2

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/1.8, 1/500 sec, 85mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	85.0 mm f/1.8
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	85mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Unknown (Unknown)
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.8.18
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