Orizaba Painter
by Skip Hunt
Title
Orizaba Painter
Artist
Skip Hunt
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I watched this fellow for a couple days while staying in Orizaba, Mexico. The haphazard painting on the abandoned building seemed to mean something, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
I asked the man if I could take his photo and he seemed very proud to be asked as he gleefully agreed. And, then I stood back... across the street and watched him add more daubs of paint here and there. He'd then pose himself... almost as an element in his own painting... along the sidewalk.
Passersby paid him no heed. Very strange.
Eventully some ol' woman came up to me and asked why I was watching that crazy man. She said he does this everyday. He paints a little blob on that old building... then stands in front of it as if he's "somebody". Crazy man! You should stay away from him.
"Crazy"? I don't think so... I say, Brilliant!!!
Orizaba, Mexico
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February 12th, 2008
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Comments (14)
Alejandro Soler Diaz
Yeah, im from Orizaba...he is actually is a great man, also a great painter, and there is a rumor, that he is a millionaire man...but he is also a very lonely one, and thats the reason he become crazy...sometimes he is walking naked in the streets, and sometimes he is a well-mannered man, like the person you meat. Sad story of a great man, that remind us wich important is the love for the humans.
José Luis Bowman
I am de Orizaba and I know this person as possible and that the misfortune of others you see it as art ....
Michael Henderson
Cool story and great photograph. I told my wife that I intended to let my beard grow like this. There is a man I see in Venice all the time who looks just like this guy, always walking a little dog. Maybe I will take his picture, but I have been afraid to ask, being the shy type. Keep up the good work, and I'm glad you survived your accident with the bike.
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