12 years long homeless commando…

.at least it is what he told me.

I am trying to participate in some photo contests lately as they motivate me to do things I wouldn’t dare in other way.

This photo is for the contest called “People’s faces” or maybe “People’s aspects”?

Every time I see some photo contest topic, first things that come to my mind are the dark ones. For example there was a topic “Places worth visiting” some time ago. I imagine people would send images of beautiful places. I planned to go to dog’s shelter, slaughterhouse, dump.. I regret I didn’t do that after all, guess I am still little too shy and lazy for such trips.

This topic was easier. I had a man on my mind to ask for posing, but he was absent. I spent half an hour wandering around railway station and finally spotted this man on the market square in Krakow. I couldn’t make myself to talk to him and ask him to pose. I felt so embarrassed. I followed him for 20 minutes, watching him begging for money, taking food out of trash cans, waiting for the right time. Finally asked him to pose for me and he agreed.

He said he is homeless for last 12 years and an alcoholic too and that he used to be a commando. I regret I didn’t ask him about his age or more information about his life.

(- dunikowski)