Sex for $7
Location: San Francisco, CA - Market Street
Last weekend I was shooting up on Market Street. My first shot of this guy was from a little further away. When he noticed what I was doing, he walked up and started talking to me. I don't remember his exact words, but he basically said that I should slip him a few bucks, and he would pose for a "proper picture". I kind of felt on the spot, so I agreed.
After I took the photo, I handed him $2. He proceeded to tell me that $5 was the "standard amount". I don't know if there actually is a standard amount, but I told him that $2 was all I was willing to give him.
After a few minutes of trying to convince me to give him more money, he suddenly said, "lets take another picture", and he pulled out his crack pipe. I wasn't very happy with the first image, so I said OK. Once I took this photo he said, "now can I have three more dollars?" I explained to him that I only had three more dollars in my pocket, and I was going to need two of them for bus fair. It actualy was the truth, I wasn't just lieing to the guy. I ended up giving him the other dollar.
Later he explained that he was trying to raise $7 so he could buy sex.
Tags: California, Color, Market Street, People, Portrait, San Francisco
Comments
Interesting description. The guy looks so scary.
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