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About Ivor Potter

Ivor is a keen amateur photographer. Having completed a project called 100 Strangers, Ivor now finds himself spending much of his time approaching people going about their daily lives to photograph them and find out a little about what makes them tick.

#20 Howay to Hollywood!!!

#20 Howay to Hollywood!!!, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: Despite the fact that one of the things that first jumped out at me about Jez was the splash of colour he always boasts on his head, I … Continue reading

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#19 George

#19 George, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: George accosted me today and soon persuaded me to send a text message which will fund the planting of trees for their ‘Save the Tiger’ campaign. I have been in … Continue reading

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#18 Ronnie

#18 Ronnie, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: This is Ronnie – a very striking appearance I think, but he seemed totally gobsmacked when I asked if I could take his photograph and he did not stop walking … Continue reading

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#17 Tim

#17 Tim, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: Earlier today I set out thinking it was about time that I started to work on the demographics of my 100 Strangers project which is rather heavily weighted towards people … Continue reading

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#16 Tamim

#16 Tamim, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: 100 Strangers has delivered quite a day for me. First #15 Rachel agreed to model for me on location (to help me with an online course I’m doing). Then I … Continue reading

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#15 Rachel

#15 Rachel, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: On the back of two rejections in a row (most recently a bride-to-be on a hen party dressed as Marilyn Monroe) I struck very lucky today … Rachel was sat … Continue reading

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#14 Patrick

#14 Patrick, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: Today saw another fun encounter … and a rejection. I’m now pretty much at ease with this project now – I walked straight up to Patrick, chatted throughout and took … Continue reading

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#13 Alex

#13 Alex, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: So, after finishing my Lewis encounter I wandered over to say “Hi” to Rob. He was mid song when I got there but nodded in my direction when he spotted … Continue reading

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#12 Lewis

#12 Lewis, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: Today was a good day, and Lewis is the first of two encounters today. Taken at Grey’s Monument again I spotted Lewis from a distance and frankly just walked straight … Continue reading

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#11 Jamie & Ellie

#11 Jamie & Ellie, a photo by haggisandchips on Flickr. Via Flickr: I’m gutted!!!! This was easily one of my better encounters but the photographs are terrible – I took a few of Jamie individually but have since binned them … Continue reading

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