[Leica] Nathan's PAD 19/8/2015: South Philly art

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Highly individualistic stuff, and good portrait.
Reminds me in a way of Nek Chand in Chandigarh:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nek_Chand

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> The other day I went back to South Philly with my daughter to visit a
> jewellery/piercing shop on South 6th Street and to have lunch at the
> Blackbird vegan restaurant which is a truly great place to eat.
>
> While I was waiting for Monica, I walked around the neighbourhood a bit. A
> small alley called Kater Street caught my eye because of the wall paintings
> and mosaics:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4295154304&k=rc8tt84&lb=1&s=O
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> This is actually someone’s backyard:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4295154294&k=2KptR6z&lb=1&s=O
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> At a certain point this guy emerged from his house and we had a little
> chat. He told me that most of the mosaics were made by his father, and he
> agreed to pose for me in front of one of them:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4295154306&k=CLvkNPb&lb=1&s=O
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> A most pleasant encounter in what is becoming one of my favourite urban
> neighbourhoods in the US.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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