Papa Bear

He was sitting on the corner of Mason and O’Farrell reaching out to everyone who passed by.  “How about some help?”  I asked him if he’s heard of $2 Portraits - he had and agreed to participate.  “You’ll take my picture and give me $2?  For sure.”

Papa Bear is 53 years old and has lived in San Francisco his whole life.  He’s out of work, but is a self-described jack-of-all-trades.  He’d like to get a job doing anything.  I asked him how he got the name Papa Bear.  “8 kids”, he responded.  “So where’s Mama Bear”, I asked.  “She left me.”

He was a super-friendly guy, but distracted from our conversation.  All the while I’m talking to Papa Bear, he’s hitting up every person that walks by.  Being out of $2 Portrait practice, I was really off my game.  Afterwards, I thought of a dozen questions I could have asked.  If I see him again, we can pick-up where we left off.

Taken 4/6/16