http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2253677
you can seen the flecks of soap on his fingers, and around the cuticle of one of his fingernails.
I agree, the carvings are crude. I certainly wasn't presenting them as great art, or even art all. Maybe they are art, maybe not, but that's not the point. I was more interested that someone who seemed to me to be a poor tortured soul wanted me to look at and photograph a work that was obviously important to him.
I'd seen this man many times prior to taking this photo. Oddly, I've gone back to that corner and others near there since I took these, hoping to chat with him again, and maybe take a few more photos, but I've not seen him since. It's been a year now, and I've wondered what happened to him. I hope he's okay.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:54:29 +0300
Are you sure this man was the artist? I doubt it -- looking at his hands. But this has nothing to do with the picture. The sculpture, if carved soap can be described as such, is not so great either. But again that's not the point. Or is it? I apologise for these words, but they say what I see.
Don
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