After leaving a stable government job, Amirul Ibrahim now travels from Melaka to Kuala Lumpur to surprise strangers with printed portraits. (Amirul Ozli pic)KUALA LUMPUR: You're strolling through Bukit Bintang, unaware you're being quietly photographed. "I started photography just as a hobby, but I never thought I would come this far."His streetwise adventures began in 2024 after discovering an Instagram account called "Happy2Find", which similarly featured photographers gifting printed portraits to strangers."At the time I hadn't seen anyone doing it in Malaysia.
So I bought my first camera and a portable printer as I knew I wanted to do something similar," he recalled.Portraits of street vendors, including Apak the curry puff seller and an apam balik vendor, helped introduce Amirul's work to millions online. (Amirul Ozli pics)Despite having no formal photography background, his biggest hurdle wasn't learning the skill - it was overcoming his own shyness."Talking to strangers has never been easy for me.
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