This is Red. I met him when i was assigned "around town" photos by my managing editor the Eagle Times. I was driving around Westminster, Vermont, for at least 20 minutes (it's a very small town) and saw Red sitting on his front steps from the road. I immediately stopped and asked if I could take his photograph. Red obliged, and began telling me wonderful stories about life 80 years ago and about his great grandmother who happened to be a Mohawk Indian.
The moral to this story is that life is too short to just drive by.
15 responses
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Yvonne Roberts gave props (7 Jun 2008):
Wonderful portrait...would love to hear the story behind it. :-)
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Lynn H gave props (7 Jun 2008):
I love this one! Good job!
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meredith hanafi gave props (16 Jun 2008):
so good - the hand, the face... the neck!
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alain verlinde said (17 Jun 2008):
it takes some amount of guts to stand infront of a person
and take his picture.
specialy a stranger
great pic.
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Merlin Peck gave props (22 Jun 2008):
Love it, Jesse. He must have been one helluva tennis player.
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Brian Ach said (6 Jul 2008):
excellent, glad it is not posed
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Northline gave props (10 Jul 2008):
Great capture and back story
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Nelson Campbell gave props (15 Jul 2008):
love this...
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jaymz eberly said (18 Jul 2008):
great pic!
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Danny Monster gave props (12 Aug 2008):
awesome shot
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John Keating gave props (26 Aug 2008):
Wonderful Shot Jesse!
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Robert Armstrong gave props (5 Sep 2008):
Fantastic! I love shots like this, the photo tells a story all by itself!
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-mikecranfield- gave props (19 Sep 2008):
Amazing - esp the ears!!!
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Lucy Yang gave props (23 Jul 2009):
i love the sign in the background!
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Christoph Benfey gave props (27 Aug 2009):
Sooo true!
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