Thursday, October 11, 2012

The original 'Dock Worker'

I don't know about you, but I often find the story behind the story of some of my photos.  In 2010, I posted this statue that I called The Dock Worker, since the plaque was missing.

On October 4th I posted that I'd been to the October Salon, a visual arts event that's been taking place since the Sixties. Inside as part of one exhibit was this photo that I rephotographed that shows the man who posed for this statue (he's on the left, but I think the fellow on the right may have had some influence, too).

His name, I believe, is Milorad, and he's still active in the art world.




7 comments:

Gaelyn said...

The statue looks like a mix of the two models.

Olivier said...

tres sympa tes deux modeles, ils donnent vie a la statue

Luis Gomez said...

What a great post Bibi.

Alexa said...

And still in pretty good shape too!

TheChieftess said...

I'm thinking it's been a few years since the statue was made!!!

Thérèse said...

Tous les trois en pleine forme!

Daryl said...

i too love both finding the backstory and sharing it ... thanks!

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