Spencer Wynn
The Hello Project was born of a love of story telling and curiosity.
All too often people pass one another, head down and only interacting with their mobile devices. This is an attempt to use the power of social media to reconnect people in the oldest way possible …
by saying Hello.
This is sort of the Canadian version of the famous New York city project and it brings home a thought I’ve always had – most of us have stories to tell but no one to tell them to.
I love the idea of street photography but am often too reserved and shy (too Canadian) to approach people. I think this way of doing it will inspire me to try my own photographic experiment along these lines.
Very cool. Thanks for pointing this out.
FYI, Shawn – I’ve the same interest and similar reservations about street photography. To help overcome this, I have joined the 100 Strangers project. The idea is that you commit to taking photographs of 100 strangers. In communicating with other members who have succeeded in completing the challenge, I have learned a few tricks on how to approach people in ways that are non-threatening to them and myself.
I’ve heard of the project and love and support the idea. But I haven’t joined because I personally hate photo projects. 🙂