Sunday, May 15, 2011

John, aka Mr. Nobody At All

John

I spent about five hours Saturday morning walking around the Tenderloin with my friend and fellow photographer Troy Holden. Here's just one of the shots I got that I liked a lot.
Posted by Generik at 9:57 PM
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Because why?

May 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Gemma Wiseman said...

Almost a tragic, theatrical expression on that guy's face! I'd love to know the rest of the sign too! But perhaps that's a part of the artistry of the photo! It challenges!

May 16, 2011 at 4:04 PM
Generik said...

You can find the rest of the sign here.

He told us he's a poet, and that he's trying to write a book, which he believes will be worth a lot of money once he's dead.

May 16, 2011 at 4:15 PM
ahab said...

Good catch.

This guy's look reminds me a lot of an moving and highly artistic exhibit of street portraits by Robert Bergman I saw a couple of years ago at the Nat Gallery of Art. There's not a lot online, but you would love his stuff, G.

Once you get a sense of his style you can easily pick out the scattered Bergman images here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=robert+bergman&hl=en&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IFfSTYmiOIH3gAfIp-nNCw&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQsAQ&biw=2356&bih=1249

May 17, 2011 at 4:25 AM
Tom Hilton said...

Great portrait.

May 17, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Generik said...

Thanks for the link, ahab. You're right, I do like it.

May 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM
ahab said...

I love his backgrounds. Great structural bones.

May 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM

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