Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/23

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] A piece of great news...
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:31:37 -0800
References: <E79237C1-7AE9-462C-8FF3-55C01F01B290@frozenlight.eu>

On Dec 23, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> You may remember that back in late August I posted these two pictures of a 
> man who had been living in a broken down car on the sidewalk by the beach 
> since May:
> 
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635831932_RD2BE
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635832032_ctrwP


I remeber well these photos Nathan, especially the man and his dog, with 
their profoundly beautiful and moving faces and eyes fixed on you...


I wonder if there is any way to find him and do further photos, or even 
more...


Steve
> 
> I cycle past this spot several times a week, and during the months since I 
> took these pictures I have occasionally stopped by to chat with him, give 
> him some money, lights for his bicycle etc. Last week we had some bad 
> weather with cold nights (not freezing, but cold) and lots of rain, and I 
> had been concerned about him. When I cycled by on Monday afternoon, he was 
> not there but otherwise the place looked normal. Today I came by and saw 
> that his things were gone and some garbage men were loading the remaining 
> junk onto a truck to take it away. I stopped to talk to them and they told 
> me that he now, finally, had got a place to live. After 6 months! I guess 
> the latest round of publicity (national TV came to do a story on him in 
> November, for a popular programme called Espa?a Directo) helped the local 
> authorities get off their collective butt.
> 
> I feel very happy with the outcome and about the fact that I was able to 
> provide him some small measure of comfort during the ordeal.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> 
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] A piece of great news...)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] A piece of great news...)