Continuing to post on an earlier thread on Life on the Streets of San Francisco, here is another image from a downtown BART station.
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My earlier posting (So what’s worse than being poor? San Francisco street dweller) drew a lot of comments and opinions on what makes people survive on the streets. Poverty, sickness and sanity rules over reason and petty courtesy. This is however different for different people, for some I have met, have decided for a life on the streets on their own.
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He did not want to be named, so I will go with the anonymous. He plays an oriental 2 stringed instrument called the Ehru. The Chinese have played and perfected this instrument from as early as 100 B.C. Played much like the violin, the Ehru however has a unique construction. The sound-box used to be made of serpent skin in its original construction, which gave the instrument its distinctive color.
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The gentleman did not mind my taking taking his pictures and …
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I have written about Jonathan Dyer many times before. He is a familiar face in the city downtown and so is his music. Here is another image of him playing the saxophone to the busy commuters, shoppers and the tourists.
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This is shot on Nikon D200 with speedlight SB 600. It brings the swayings and the turnings of the musician, which is so unique of Jonathan Dyer.
Once a celebrity commented that if she were to suffer, she’d rather be rich and suffer than being poor. So what is worse than being poor?
I had met someone before in downtown San Jose, who was apparently a street dweller, but claimed to be a “beggar by choice”. I do not quite understand. Some things come free with being a beggar – poverty, deprivation, hunger and probably misery. So what would lead a person choose such a lifestyle. Later, I have met several such people, who all by choice have …
This image is part of the larger collection on San Francisco Street Artists Project featured on Photoduniya.com of Jonathan Dyer. He plays the saxophone in various clubs and joints in the downtown while I have the occasional opportunity of taking his images while he plays at Powell.
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It was shot well after dark and the only lights were from the Bloomingdales. Shot on Nikon D200 on Lexar medium using speedlight SB 600.
More of these images have now been uploaded on the projects section of Photoduniya.com