May 11, 2007 (2)

1:57:20 PM: For the past 35 years barber John Grande has received his clean towels packaged in a single string from the launders. Every week he has wound that string into a ball. It is a testament of time. Grande is closing shop in June and retiring. This is part of an off-beat portrait series I just started. (Thanks to colleague Tracy Deer for introducing me to Grande and his ball of string.)

3 comments:

bexy said...

i love it! great pic!

Anonymous said...

you always did have a facination with balls.

runawayid said...

This picture makes me smile. It's as if the the ball of string is beaming with contentment.