ron at the library

[zyzyly]

sacramento, july 20, 2007

he told me a story about his brother, who once traded a tenor saxaphone to a guy for a leica camera. he took pictures for seven years, then sold the camera and bought another saxaphone.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_chandra/]

i love the picture and the story.

[jadeejf.livejournal.com]

Heh :) That's a good story :) I like his smile!

[createdestiny.livejournal.com]

Out of curiousity, I would like to know if this man is an American?

[brendamom.livejournal.com]

Ha. Fabulous story and photo.

[zeppo-marx.livejournal.com]

He has a wonderfull open smile - so much that you can almost hear the laugh that I bet goes with it often and easily.

[velvetink.livejournal.com]

awesome portrait and the bit of his history is interesting too

[zhenzhi.livejournal.com]

what a beautiful smile he has. :-)
his eyes look a bit shy.

wonderful photo!

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

he is an interesting guy. i'm sure i will run into him again.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

it's interesting, because i talked to him for about a half hour, and the only time he really smiled was when i took this. but you could see he was pleased to have his picture taken.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

not only an american, but a californian.

what prompted you ask?

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

it was a pretty cool encounter.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

it's interesting. i mentioned above that this was really the only time he smiled, but it was a genuine smile, and he was a genuinely nice guy.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

we actually talked for quite a while, and i learned a lot about him.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

he does have a very lovely smile. he didn't seem shy at all, though.

[createdestiny.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend has a theory that only black people who are not Americans will smile in public.

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

hmmmm. i don't think that is true. what does he base his theory on?

[createdestiny.livejournal.com]

I guess personal experience?

[lowflyingsquab.livejournal.com]

maybe they just don't smile at him. :)

[createdestiny.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's true! He doesn't smile much in public.