3 of 100 Strangers -- Mindy

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3 of 100 Strangers -- Mindy
3 of 100 Strangers -- Mindy

This picture is #3 in my ‘100 Strangers Project’. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/


I met Mindy while I was having lunch in JR’s Old Packinghouse Café, with my good friend Jeff. The restaurant itself is a hodgepodge of antiques, old signs, mismatched Christmas lights and old tables. The air conditioner ducts were caked with dust trapped by years of grease wafting through the air. The smell in the air was a mixture of stale beer and grease.


Incongruously, day laborers, blue and white collar workers sat elbow to elbow enjoying the best food and clam chowder in the area. Burgers were huge, but somehow even the smallest patron cleaned his plate, washing it all down with gallons of beer.


I noticed Mindy running (literally) back and forth between various tables and the kitchen. Fortunately, we did not arrive until the end of the lunch crush, and I was able to finally get in a few words without her running off to take care of business. When I introduced myself, and asked to photograph her, she smiled, gestured toward a group finishing their meal and said “Sure, as soon as I finish with that table!”


When she returned from her tasks, she picked up a menu and hammed it up for the camera. I obliged by snapping her poses, but got this shot when she slowed enough to write down some details about her life.


She was thrilled to be asked about her life. “My name is Mindy,” She informed me, then, with a girlish giggle and a mischievous twinkle in her eye she added, “Mork’s other half!”


Mindy moved to Florida from Michigan when she was nine years old and has lived in the Sarasota area ever since. She has permanent ties to the area, but her voice took on a sad tone when she talked about perhaps going to Texas to work on her grandmother’s farm and going back to school.

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Taken on: June 19, 2015
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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i, f/3.5, 1/50 sec, 18mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure Time: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired
Exposure Program: Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
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