I had the wonderful privilege of meeting Bamboo Charley. Charley has been living in a yard aside an old building by the Los Angeles river for about ten years. The owners of the property know he's there and love what he's doing and are fully supportive. His yard has become somewhat of a tourist stop for photos, but what I found amazing was how positive and truly happy he seemed to be.
I asked him if he ever gets tired of all the visitors and he laughed and said "how many homeless men in LA get 150 friends visitors a month." He loves the attention and company.
He has a pretty large garden with peppers, herbs, fruits, and veggies. He say's that alone always keeps him busy. He lets local kids an artist come tag his wall and they pay him to let the art sit up for two months as a source of income.
Overall Charlie just seemed to be a normal man who kinda fell out of place but was able to keep himself together and stay positive no matter what life threw at him.
He just has this certain ora about him nothing seemed to be fake or not up for discussion. He'll talk to you about anything art, music, politics, you name it the man knows it.
He's very moving to sit and talk to he loves the company so If you get that chance go find him and just hangout he's a rad dude living in an out door dream land of imagination.
-photos nikon d3000 digital
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