Parry's New Deal Era Photo Blog: Monday, October 28, 2013

Typically, after sitting in this class for this project on Mondays discussing, critiquing, and refining techniques for a couple hours, it always seems as though my eye is especially honed on scenes in Huntington that might be good to capture when I get in my car and head back home. So last week on Monday on my way home from class, a group of individuals caught my eye as I was pulling onto my neighborhood off of Hal Greer Blvd. I quickly recircled, stopped my car and approached the group of five individuals.

With the last few remaining minutes of sunlight remaining, I explained the scope of the project, and told them that they "looked like a unique cast of characters" and would love to capture their shots. One of them said that they were indeed a "unique cast of characters" and were very willing and happy to be "interviewed" by myself. Each gratuitously told their stories of going on tour to different music festivals and living a nomad-like, pleasure-induced, freewheeling transient lifestyle. They looked road-weathered and a tad bit disheveled, but were polite and in high spirits. One thing that was very apparent was that they seemed like a very tight-knit group and honestly enjoyed the company of each other, as evidenced by their joining of arms together when I took their first group picture.