Larry

Recently I blogged about a new project that I am starting called $2 portraits. The idea is that I will offer $2 to anyone who asks me for money from now on in exchange for their portrait.

 

This afternoon I ran into Larry when I was coming out of the MacArthur BART station in Oakland. I was talking on the phone and just as I was finishing my call Larry held both of his hands together and pointed them over at me, adding "can you help me out with anything."

 

I told Larry about my $2 portrait project and he immediately agreed to pose.

 

Larry said that he was homeless. That he originally was from Memphis, TN and came out to Oakland with the promise of a job from a man years ago. He said that it turned out that the job never materialized and he ended up staying out here.

 

Larry said that he has two teenage kids who live in Richmond that he sees every now and again. He said that he's been living on the streets for a while and that since he got out of prison it's been difficult to find work. He said he went to prison because he went after a guy who raped his sister.

 

Larry thanked me for helping him out with the $2 and after our brief conversation we went on our separate ways.

Done