Angela Radulescu and Bennett Hong had a camera and a vision. Over the course of two months, they photographed 99 students in their dorm rooms.

"It started out as a very simple idea. I looked at Bennett's pictures and very much liked the way he photographs his friends and people and so on, and I thought it would be kind of cool to do this for 99 people," Angela told us.

Bennett added his vision for the project. "We realized that it had a lot more potential; we could essentially create a space where people could talk about themselves, people who normally would not have the chance to meet each other."

Although technical challenges make dorm rooms difficult to shoot in, Angela and Bennett wanted an environment where their subjects would feel at home.

Angela divulged her secrets for making subjects feel comfortable. "The project is self-selected, as in people wanted to [be photographed]. It's very hard to tell someone, 'OK, I want you to now do what you usually do in your room.' The object works pretty well, because it gets them in the mood; it gets them started. Or, have them play some music, have them move around, have them stand in different places. I generally consider it a successful shoot when I get the really candid shots that I want to get."

"It's actually a very intimate project. We sit there for a few hours talking to these people. These topics range from their hobbies to their fears, to their hopes and dreams, to their bad habits," Bennett told us.

And what do Bennett and Angela want to see in portraits of themselves?

Angela told us, "I would just be content with someone portraying a certain aspect of my personality. I really do not expect any photograph, or any series of photographs to convey who I am."

Later this year, Angela and Bennett plan to display their photos in a gallery setting and hope for a more interactive exhibit as well.

To see the full project, visit 99columbians.com.