30 Strangers-2009

Here’s what Jeanette and I have in common. We both went to Ricks College and we both wrote for the Viking Scroll (student newspaper) while we were there. And now, we both own our own magazine company. Ha ha. Just kidding. I don’t own a magazine company. But Jeanette does. Thanks for coming in, Jeanette.

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Marie’s mom, Karen, has eight kids and said, isn’t it good they could talk me into having one more? Marie’s the youngest in the family. Good thing Karen had one more.

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Suzanne and I have so much in common. We’re both English majors and cut our own hair. Eden is a accomplished ceramicist. Mary Anne has lived all over the world. That’s just a few of the things I learned when these charming ladies came on Day Six.

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Here’s how these things go. People come to my studio and I ask them to sit down for a few minutes and we chat a bit. I ask them questions and then we go take pictures. Sometimes, I wish I could just keep listening to what they have to say. That’s the way it was when Cher came in. I just wanted to keep asking questions. But people are busy and have things to do. I quit asking questions and got to work.

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I don’t know how we’ve never met before because Jane and I know lots of the same people. But we’ve met now, and I’m really glad we have because these ladies are lovely, inside and out.

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Well here we go! 30 Strangers 2011 has begun and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

Christa called right at 4, apologizing for being late. When she came up the stairs to the studio, before I even had a chance to say, Hi, I’m Justin, Christa’s sister Brittany said, “We blame being late on my mom”. Turns out they made a quick stop on the way so Judy could pick me up a pie AND flowers for my wife. That’s classy. And that’s the way to kick off the 30 Strangers project.

So, first, we all sat down for a bit and talked. I asked them all some questions about their lives (hopes, dreams, if they knew any good jokes). They had some great stories including one the time the youngest sister Emily thought the car radio was possessed by the devil and even asked to get out of the car (Christa was controlling the radio from the steering wheel) and another great story of the time all three sister were convinced their mom was sending them all to fat camp but instead she was sending them to this.

Then I made some pictures. Laughing, dancing, tears (the mom’s–she loves those girls), more laughter. This was a perfect beginning to this month-long project.

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Here’s something awesome. When you meet Joanie’s daughter and you say “Nice to meet you” she says, “The pleasure is all mine” and then giggles.

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Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful events and he wants to photograph you.

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Courtney is a nursing student at BYU. Her mother runs marathons and teaches math. Her grandmother keeps everyone in line (cue the cracking whip sound). I’m glad we’re no longer strangers and I had a great time meeting these ladies.

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SIDE NOTE:  Now, from these selected pictures, it would appear that no one smiled or laughed the whole time. Nothing could be further from the truth. Big laughs were had from beginning to end and I have some of those pictures, too. Maybe now would be as good of a time as any to explain my selection process for the images I choose to show on the blog during this project.

First of all, I’m looking through all the images and selecting those that I think are the strongest pictures. For me, that’s the first order of business here. Then I look at which images will be different from those that have been posted in previous days. A few other things go into account. But that’s basically how I pick what to post each day for the 30 Strangers project.

I know that the people in the pictures have a different criteria. They would pick the pictures where they look the cutest, the pictures that show their best side, the ones that are most flattering and the pictures that do the best of showing off their fabulous hair. I think about those things too, but for the blog, I mostly want to put up the most compelling images. Sometimes what I like best and what the subject likes best turn out to be the same. I love it when that happens.

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Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful events (I’m talking about weddings, there) and he wants to photograph you.

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Lindsay made a short trip from Arizona with her mother and daughter to be a part of the 30 Strangers project. To Provo and back in one day. In an email before she came, she told me her daughter would sing me a song if I asked nicely. I can’t believe I forgot to ask. That is something I already regret. Also in the email, Lindsay said, “I love my Mom. I hope I can be as good of a mother as she was to me.”

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Justin Hackworth photographs mothers and daughters and he wants to photograph you.

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