Chris Porsz, a paramedic who worked in
eastern England's Peterborough in the 1970s and 1980s, spent hours roaming
around the city and taking pictures of common people on the street. The amateur
photographer took appealing and genuine photos of people from punks to police
officers. Nearly 40 years later, Porsz, also known as the "paramedic
paparazzo", has picked up where he left off with his project and is now
working as both a shrewd detective and a photographer.
For
the past seven years, Porsz has devoted himself to finding his previous
subjects and persuading them to recreate that iconic posture. According to
Porsz, no one else has ever located so many strangers and reproduced
photographs in this manner. The results are a fascinating look at how people
have changed—how they've split up, grown up and changed their styles. It's the
result of "meticulous planning, detective work and of course the
unbelievable coincidences".
Not
only was Porsz's update a reunion of subjects and photographer, but it was
frequently a reunion of the people themselves—some of them had not seen one
another in decades. Porsz expressed his thoughts on this to Daily Mail, saying,
"It has been incredibly fulfilling to organize so many reunions and watch
people's faces light up when they reconnected with old pals. I've felt quite
fortunate”.
Porsz
and author Jo Riley have put together a book suitably titled ‘Reunions’ using
images and stories. It is currently accessible on his website.
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