San Francisco

I was in San Francisco for conference. Each morning before the conference I went out for a walk around the city to take photos. While I was taking photos one morning a homeless man walked up to me and said something that I couldn't understand. After a little back and forth I figured out he was telling me he couldn't work because he had injured his leg and now walked with a cane. He was asking if I could give him a couple bucks for food. I thought about it for a couple minutes and told him I wouldn't give him money but if he would like to earn it I would pay him. He kind-of look at me funny and said "what do I need to do" pointing once again at his foot. I told him I would pay him if he would let me take a couple photos of him. He face lite up and he almost immediately struck a pose. After I clicked off a couple shoot, he ask what I was going to do with the photos. I told him I was an artist I that someday I would use the photos for a painting. He was really surprised, but it also seemed to really give him a sense of self worth. He ask me how he could see the paint once it was completed. I told him that I would post it on the internet and he could use a computer at the library.