"The police took my friends clothes and put them in the brick wall" Those were the first words out of his mouth. I had been walking down Lark Street in Albany when I eyed him sitting on a stoop...talking to noone. As I approached, he noticed me and told me about his friend's clothes. It was his face that grabbed me. I mean, anyone with tattoos on their face is going to get your attention, right? "The police, the Albany police took (unintelligible) clothes and hid them in the brick wall" I had no clue what he was talking about, but he was telling me with such urgency, and his energy was nervous, or maybe it was excited. He spoke to me like someone speaks to you when they need your help or are trying to help you understand. Notice I said "help you understand". There was nothing demanding about this person at all. His demeanor, despite the wild look in his eyes and symbols on his face, was harmless, at least to anyone but himself. "What's your name, my friend?", I asked him. His response, mainly because of a speech impediment I believe was due to missing several of his teeth was unintelligible, but sounded something like "Koty" or "Toshi". I was still staring at the tattoos. "What's with the tattoos on your face,guy?", I asked him. Surprisingly with no fear or even too much thought about it. "Some people consider those symbols of hate, you don't seem like a hateful person" "I'm not, I'm all by myself, alone. Do you know Bruce? He's a KKK guy." He was mostly rambling at this point, and I wondered if the symbols on his face were even intentional. I've heard about, and have seen where gangs will occasionally "tag" a victim with these types of brands. But, the more I thought about it, the more I thought that was a dumb idea. I mean, these are tattoos. Not something easily scrawled on someone's person in a random act of violence. I suspect his obvious mental disorder has allowed this man to be played and preyed upon. And maybe this Bruce character is someone in his past or present who plays off of his disabilities in life. He complimented me on a design I have on my shirt. And then asked if it was so and so. I told him it was not. "Oh, well it looks like him." "Hey, can you do me a favor?", I asked. "Can I take your picture?" He looked at me willingly and sat back on the stoop, "Are you gonna put me in a magazine?" And I about lost it. He asked me with such a child like innocence, and his willingness to pose was sad to me. He wanted to know how he should sit or smile...and I just told him to be normal. Which, I later thought was a ridiculous thing to say. As I looked at his face in the viewfinder, I saw the symbols on his face. That's all I saw. What in the hell is he doing with these symbols on his body? He didn't feel like an evil hatemonger. He was just a man. A lost soul, who sadly enough seemed more like a pawn in someone's else's twisted mind. * This is photo #003 in my 100 Strangers Project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com
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