Have you ever asked a stranger to take your picture for you, & they said no?
I thought not.
This is a form of generosity that is expected & practiced widely—remarkably so. Somehow we have all agreed on this: having a picture of yourself (or yourselves) is important enough that you can ask a stranger—just any passer-by—to take one, with the assumption that your request will be granted. We have agreed to try our best to take a good picture if someone asks us to do it. We ask questions about how to use your camera, what you want in the picture, & we will take more than one shot just to make sure it turns out well.
What is that about, anyway?
I have lots of reasons to do this project. I’ll be sprinkling them in as I go. For the impatient, clues in the sidebar under Why?
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