Abdul Mannan. Works as a waiter at the nearest local restaurant at Shadarghat. His family lives in this neighborhood. He earns a very little, but he always tries to fulfill their every demand. Father of 4 kids, 3 of them now go to school and he really is very happy about it.

We all know how things work in our society! people send their children to work to earn a little extra money or force them to beg for it! but Mr. Mannan wishes to give all his 4 kids proper education and do something big with their lives! He seemed a little off when he said that he may not give them expensive clothes and exquisite food, but he is willing to make sure that each one of them gets enough education to earn those for their own self!

I respect his thoughts and what he's willing to do. He could be an inspiration to lot of us.

this was taken at the Shadarghat Terminal while he was taking a short break and having a smoke. For him, watching people is the best way to spend time! i bet he could be a great portrait-photographer if he ever had a camera.

Big & Black

He asked me not take any more pictures as there was somebody still trapped inside.

I hope they're not too badly injured.

*(Shot in Southport's Albert Road this afternoon)*

True Grit, Henry Hathaway, 1969

Duke took home one million dollars for acting in the Howard Hawks' directed "Rio Lobo." So the producers couldn't afford Robert Mitchum for a post "El Dorado" rematch. While he was shooting "Lobo" he flew to Hollywood for the Academy Awards. The Academy probably felt that he was long overdue and gave him the statuette for "True Grit." (Most Wayne scholars feel his finest performance was as the embittered Ethan Edwards in John Ford's "The Searchers.")

When he returned from Hollywood to the "Rio Lobo" set he was greeted in front of this mission church by the entire cast and crew all sporting eye patches; even the horses wore one.

"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them."...John Wayne as John Bernard Books, "The Shootist"

Note: John Ford's last act as a film director was his documentary "Chesty," on the most decorated marine ever, Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller; when he filmed John Wayne's "hosting segments" on the "Rio Lobo" set a week before Duke got his Oscar in April 1970. The old guard, with its roots in the silent era was coming to a close as "Lobo" was Hawks' final film. Wayne, in turned, soldered on making nine more films before hanging up his holster with "The Shootist" (1976). "In 1978 he underwent open heart surgery, and in 1979 he had his stomach removed." His last public appearance, at the Academy Awards was a gutsy one, (as he looked cadaverous) just weeks before his death on June 11,1979.

Note: Signed, numbered, limited edition, archival matte C-prints of this image can purchased on page 11 of my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/davidleeguss

@2009 David Lee Guss "Arizona" mission church, Old Tucson, Arizona, 1980-2008