Beautiful Portraits of Strangers
Danny Santos II is a weekend photographer who likes to shoot strangers in the streets of Singapore. He’s been shooting street for about 2 years now.
More beautiful portraits of strangers can be found in Danny’s Flickr set or his website dannyst.com. Simply love his shots!
sean
Jun 30th, 2010why are all the men photographed darker in complexion, and all of the women are lighter in complexion slash mainly white?
Stefan
Jun 30th, 2010Hi Sean, these are just my picks, the ones that I liked most when I browsed through his pictures. Without intention to pick only lighter skinned women and darker skinned men. If you look at his Flickr set you’ll find different and equally beautiful portraits. For example this one or this one. :)
Stewart
Jun 30th, 2010First shot is truly captivating! Nice work…
Plus, I have no idea where the first commenter was coming from.
K Rajasekharan
Jun 30th, 2010Very nice photos
Please add more with those from east like Kerala
Rick A
Jun 30th, 2010so many ugly people
Not A Rick
Jun 30th, 2010Rick, you’re an effin troll.
I like the portraits a lot! Thanks for posting.
Shelly
Jun 30th, 2010I was engaged by each of the portraits. At the same time, while I didn’t pick up on the lighter/darker dichotomy I did notice that the women more clean cut than the men.
RICK A FAN
Jun 30th, 2010the photo’s are nice but the ppl are ugly as hell
Beyondthesenses
Jun 30th, 2010Hmm.. what’s ugly about them, other than your perception?
The universe tends to reflect things back at you.. :)
me-mo
Jun 30th, 2010Rick A,Not A Rick,andRick A Fan are all probably the same ass*ole
Ruddles
Jun 30th, 2010Rick must be nuts – the first photo is quite simply stunning!
penelope
Jun 30th, 2010Keep working on features. Freckles aplenty! I love it. Looks aren’t everything. So likes and dislikes? Who cares? you are right. What goes out comes back 3x. Watch mere opinions!If ugly is ugly, then what makes beauty beauty?
Belinda
Jun 30th, 2010All of these photos are incredibly beautiful. One of the reasons is the diversity .. Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way and you did a wonderful job of capturing that…. :)
Danny St
Jul 1st, 2010Hi Stefan, thank you for featuring my works in your wonderful blog. It’s really very much appreciated. I’m flattered you guys liked my photos :)
This site is awesome, btw! Definitely a great place to look for inspiration – you have a new follower :)
Matt
Jul 1st, 2010Ha ha, Sean! I had the same exact thought as you!! Great photos, though!
emaneff
Jul 1st, 2010That surely looks like Elizabeth Banks.
peecup
Jul 1st, 2010Hot chicks, and creepy dudes. Wacky.
CJ
Jul 1st, 2010In defense of Sean, I, too, wondered where are the people with truly African features…with truly dark skin, beautifully kinky hair, etc. I don’t mean those with some European features like straight hair (many Somalians, Ethiopians, or Morrocans) or thin noses. I mean those who embody what it means to look African.
People with African features can’t seem to get a break anywhere, unfortunately…
@ Stewart, it is difficult to get where someone is coming from if you have no compassion and understanding about what may be hurtful for them to see or feel. Unlike me, he did not voice an opinion. He merely asked a valid question that Stefan answered with grace.
@ Stefan….this set is stunning. I hope you do more. What do you charge for these?
Haley
Jul 1st, 2010Beautiful set of photos!
Stefan
Jul 1st, 2010@DannySt Thank you for making these portraits, really dig them! And I’m flattered you like my blog and find it follow-worthy. :)
@CJ They are not my work, as mentioned in the posting, they’re made by DannySt, you have to ask him for pricing details and follow him for updates.
Troy
Jul 1st, 2010Beautiful! I love these!
Also not rick
Jul 1st, 2010The blonde with the black glasses (4th picture) is actually quite beautiful.
Gustavo
Jul 2nd, 2010The first one is painfully beautiful!
The Spoon
Jul 2nd, 2010Beautiful pictures… I have always loved pictures like this (that is, of people in their daily lives) and these are just captivating… personal vulnerabilities are captured in every portrait…
Thank you.
Zeron
Jul 2nd, 2010Love them. Makes me think of all the unique faces of all 6 billion+ living on our Pale Blue Dot..
Melotto
Jul 2nd, 2010Firts is the best…nice girl
Chris Miller
Jul 3rd, 2010Great photography, very clear
onur
Jul 3rd, 2010Your portraits are amazing and inspiring,keep up the great work!
Throckmorton Jones
Jul 3rd, 2010Beautiful photos! Their faces are all very engaging, and they all have their own type of attractiveness. I especially love the freckled girl and the dark haired, bearded man.
Tea
Jul 3rd, 2010Wow, really interesting faces of people :P
Rebecca
Jul 3rd, 2010These are all beautiful and very interesting. How do you go about getting pictures of these people? Do you just ask them if you can take their picture?
RICKSBROTHER
Jul 5th, 2010Guys, I am very sorry about my brother Rick. He has Tourette’s.
frao
Jul 5th, 2010i think the second picture is absolutely beautiful. and the others are quite stunning too. very nice work indeed.
Molly
Jul 5th, 2010So many beautiful faces! To encounter so many interesting people in one city!
adamantixx
Jul 5th, 2010all great pics in their own way but the first two are gorgeous…love the freckles!
Mike
Jul 5th, 2010I agree with Rick in that these people obviously aren’t going to sell mainstream magazines. But perhaps that was a motivation. The title says “Beautiful Portraits,” not “Beautiful People.” I’d say the range goes from unattractive to average. Who knows, maybe a couple of the women are butter face and might actually rate higher.
But yeah, the photos are nice, pretty much in focus, bokeh, all that.
Eldrick
Jul 6th, 20102nd picture . Girl is an absolute doll.
Bronte
Jul 6th, 2010I think the girl in the seventh photo has the most beautiful eyes i’ve ever seen. Lovely collection of photos. They all show real people and real beauty. Nice work :)
Dick
Jul 6th, 2010There is only one picture of a person who is clearly over 30, let alone 40+. Apparently there are no such “beautiful” people in Singapore.
jizman
Jul 6th, 2010id love to bang the blonde with the glasses
jizman
Jul 6th, 2010a pictures worth a thousand words and she just looks to me like shes saying “oh what? yes i…i did spill that milk. oh you want me to clean it? how about you punish me first? oh daddy i hope you dont…..hurt me. please dont go so rough this time. ouch daddy stop it! daddy no! ahh fuck me im cumming!” and then i shoot jizz on her glasses
Robbei
Jul 6th, 2010Wait. #1 *isn’t* Alia Shawkat (circa 2005)???
Henry
Jul 6th, 2010When you stare someone in the face this close, it almost makes you look away. It also makes you want to get to know everyone. Strange feeling.
Laurie
Jul 6th, 2010Henry – I feel the opposite. When I look at photos of people staring straight at me like these, I can’t help but wondering “what is their story”. Beautiful photos!
dodd
Jul 7th, 2010If you use a fast prime lens at this distance anyone will look cool, it doesn’t take any particular talent.
karl
Jul 7th, 2010the first one must be irish!!!
nice portraits thanks
Munger2k
Jul 7th, 2010Lol @Ruddles, nobody mentioned who was ugly just that some of them were so why stand up for the first girl if you dont secretly think she’s ugly.
You fail!
ceallaig
Jul 8th, 2010Absolutely stunning!! I don’t know how he does it (I’m one of those people that can’t take a decent picture no matter how hard I try) — perfectly ordinary folks are made glamorous or mysterious. Whoever said some were ugly has a limited view of life — at the risk of sounding cheesy ‘everyone is beautiful in their own way.’ And I think this artist has just given definitive proof of that.
Kristina
Jul 8th, 2010S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G! These took my breath away. So natural and beautiful. Thought-provoking and heart-warming. Honest and real. Thank you for sharing them!
iPacman
Jul 8th, 2010The girl in the 11th photo is beautiful.
Richy
Jul 9th, 2010Great photos – all of them – it would be fun to sit them all down together for supper, and see what they have to say – would their image match the perception of what they are really like?
aristippos
Jul 9th, 2010I enjoyed the pictures (Danny) and the presentation of them as well (Stefan).
They are just to be taken in as they are and I find one has mostly 2 possibilities:
- judge them – which is futile and unnecessary, in which case “ugly” may occurr to some
or just
- appreciate them – which is in my eyes what the fotographer was doing through the lense: being appreciative of each individual face.
Thanks to both of you!
Stefan
Jul 10th, 2010@aristippos thank you! :)
DARREN
Jul 12th, 2010Hi, just wanted to say that I am so impressed with these shots that I have decided to take my photography seriously again. Can you remember what camera and lenses you were using?
Thanks for the visual tastiness.
Jeremy
Jul 12th, 2010Nothing about any of these pictures is special to me… maybe I’m hard to please…
David Hardwick Photography
Jul 13th, 2010Excellent portraits. Love the colours and the high contrast.
noname
Jul 13th, 2010their heads are cut off
SayyyIt
Jul 13th, 2010Ha, no fatties I see.
Supalin
Jul 13th, 2010Hi, I’m about to upgrade from a point-and-shoot to a DSLR,
so I was wondering about which camera and lens combination do you use.
Amazing portraits btw. I’d like to do a similar series of photos of my dispersed wider family members.
Emily
Jul 13th, 2010These photos are stunning. They say that the eyes are the gateway to the soul, and I am desperate to know the stories, and the memories hidden behind each pair of eyes.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and if you feel they are not beautiful, or the photos aren’t representative of a particular type of people, just move on. There are plenty of photos on the internet for you to find what you are looking for. I went to Danny’s Flickr site and there is a huge variety of strangers, this is obviously only Stefan’s selections.
Well done to both Danny and Stefan
Stefan
Jul 13th, 2010@Darren & @ Supalin If you have a look at the photos on flickr you can see that Danny uses a Nikon d300 with a 85mm lense.
@Emeliy thanks :)
Doug Orchard
Jul 13th, 2010These are great pictures, beautiful!!
Federico
Jul 16th, 2010Love your portraits, I wish I could take the same.
Jairit
Jul 16th, 2010None are beautiful.
Zeek
Jul 19th, 2010very beautiful people, they are all very beautiful in their own features and spirit. I felt each and every one of them.
Someone
Jul 22nd, 2010These are all quite nice. I have a hard time believing that they are strangers. It looks like you had them on a set! Nice job either way.
Mira Vejvoda
Jul 25th, 2010There is my good friend Shaun!!!! We met in Czech Rep too. But all portraits are great.
Nicola B.
Jul 28th, 2010Simply amazing. The human face is so genuinely captivating. And, what camera are you shooting on?
sir jorge
Aug 1st, 2010i notice something new often
Katherine
Aug 2nd, 2010Beautiful people!!! … and personally I love seeing freckles!
Justagirlsd
Aug 14th, 2010Beautiful faces all of them!
bill
Aug 26th, 2010I love the second one i think she’s beautiful. i like freckles.
bill
Aug 26th, 2010do you know their names.
bill
Aug 26th, 2010I’ve got to visit Singapore some time
Bill
Aug 27th, 2010Very cool photos. I’d like to buy each of them a drink and hear about their lives up to this point. Thanks for sharing! :-)
bill
Aug 27th, 2010second ones my favorite the colors and contrast are awesome. the portrait along with the person is beautiful.
Katrina
Sep 3rd, 2010Wow!!! I love your pics! They prove in the best way that beauty knows no age, race or color!! Keep up the good work!
MM
Sep 8th, 2010The girls all look like they are under 16 years old, while the men are in their 20′s and 30′s (or older). Creepy.
Richard
Sep 8th, 2010http://facesofbellingham.wordpress.com/
Here is a very cool set of photos from a photographer in my town. There are many, many familiar faces for me here.
Check it out!
Melayahm
Sep 8th, 2010Its very interesting to read some people’s perceptions of these lovely photos. They must be so used to only seeing up close portraits of ‘professionally ‘beautiful’, carefully made up, photoshopped, celebs that they can’t see beauty in any other kind of person. I love they way Danny has captured the instant, pure beauty of these ordinary people. Maybe he shops them, I don’t know, but they’re all captivating, beautiful work, thank you.
malk
Sep 13th, 2010What lens did you use on those pics? The background is very blurry. Must be quite a good lens.
Allison
Sep 27th, 2010These are absolutely breathtaking. There is no other way to describe.
Pearl
Oct 15th, 2010Stunning!
amiee
Oct 19th, 2010the pictures arnt about how ugly/pretty someone is, the photographer caught something that was beautiful in that person. i think the pictures are wonderful!!
Rockie Hipster
Oct 23rd, 2010Very beautiful pictures! I am a photographer myself & this is very very appreciated art! :)
JimS
Oct 28th, 2010definitely caught my eye!
Andrea
Nov 3rd, 2010Very nice work thanks
Farzan
Nov 5th, 2010These are all from the same proportionality faces.
JimmyGaydos
Nov 15th, 2010I am not an expert in photography but I love these photos.
Rob
Nov 19th, 2010The first comment is factually incorrect.
a
Dec 2nd, 2010What type od camera was used to take these? They capture life.
ibrahim mansour
Dec 7th, 2010To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control, that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the condition of the ethical life: that it is based on a trust in the uncertain and on a willingness to be exposed; it’s based on being more like a plant than like a jewel, something rather fragile, but whose very particular beauty is inseparable from that fragility.
BE
Dec 17th, 2010I don’t think the photos are any good. They’re snap shots. There’s no real detail in them and they also do not show the character of the person. I won’t say all of the people are ugly, first one is, but there are several of them that would make awesome portraits. These however, are not.
mary
Jan 7th, 2011Very beautiful but why are the MAJORITY all very young…there is beauty in aging too!
Fem Anvate
Jan 14th, 2011Beautiful Pics.
To the people who think he is shooting only certain groups of people, and excluding others, I ask: so what?
Danny records what he want’s to and shares this with us.
You and me are free to do the same.
Ron
Jan 16th, 2011Very good! What lens did he use?
john b.
Jan 16th, 2011# 5 and #10 are obviously terrorists.
fajas colombianas
Jan 17th, 2011Absolutely stunning pictures, I’d like to give them each a drink and hear their life stories.
Jonathan Owen Photography
Feb 27th, 2011great work… first one in particular is stunning
AnAHole
Mar 22nd, 2011The title should be renamed to average looking people made to look beautiful because they were photographed by a really expensive camera.
Oicanii
Apr 6th, 2011Guess there are no Africans that can be considered to be beautiful (to westerns standards of course! :-(
shayan
May 6th, 2011nice photos……. good work..
Rory Morris
May 10th, 2011amazing portraits, they are all interesting. I think the background tones have allot of influence .
James Voss
May 21st, 2011Very cool! Great work!
Dylan Webb
May 24th, 2011i don’t know why.. but that second girl simply took my breath away..
Anonymous
Jun 13th, 2011All of these people are completely ugly!!!
pyrgos
Jul 4th, 2011how crazy is it that even though i live in a different country and, i was taken to this website through some other website that could have taken me to any site that exists which there are trillions of, and yet it took me to the site where pretty much the only person i know in singapore is second from the top! and then times the chances of finding this site with the chance of danny taking a picture of that particular girl as apposed to the thousands of other girls in singapore! its fairly insane.
pyrgos
Jul 4th, 2011hey dylan webb, yeah i said the same thing when i met her ;D
Alan
Aug 26th, 2011Absolutely awesome.. !!